Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of David Pingree
- Jan P. Hogendijk
- Kim Plofker
- Michio Yano
- Charles Burnett
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Studies in the History of the Exact Sciences in Honour of David Pingree is written by Jan P. Hogendijk and published by BRILL. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9047412443 (ISBN 10) and 9789047412441 (ISBN 13).
This collection of essays reflects the wide range of David Pingree's expertise in the scientific texts (above all, concerning astronomy and astrology) of Ancient Mesopotamia, Greece, India, Persia, and the medieval Arabic, Hebrew and Latin traditions. Both theoretical aspects and the practical applications of the exact sciences-in time keeping, prediction of the future, and the operation of magic-are dealt with. The book includes several critical editions and translations of hitherto unknown or understudied texts, and a particular emphasis is on the diffusion of scientific learning from one culture to another, and through time. Above all, the essays show the variety and sophistication of the exact sciences in non-Western societies in pre-modern times.
