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War and Planets: Astronomical Tables in the History of Science
- eternalban 10y agoIt would be more appropriate to title this the "Euro-Centric History of Science" or simply "History of European Science". There were serious and productive investigations into this matter long before Europeans got science.
- flyovernobody 10y agoAre you a Jew or not white? Or maybe you are a liberal cuck who hates himself. GTFO with this "Euro-Centrism" garbage. It is a tactic by Jews to diminish the accomplishments of Europeans. It is a similar tactic that ISIS uses, which is to destroy monuments and the history of a conquered people.
- Avshalom 10y agoIf any one is interested in ancient Mesopotamian astronomical tables the name you want is Otto Neugebauer. His book Astronomical Cuneiform Texts is pretty much the authoritative resource and it's fairly fascinating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_E._Neugebauer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_E._Neugebauer
- eternalban 10y agoThank you for the reference, Avshalom. Found a good biographical memoir online: http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/memoir-pdfs/neugebauer-otto.pdf http://www.nasonline.org/publications/biographical-memoirs/m...