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Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Planetary Tables

Babylonian Mathematical Astronomy: Planetary Tables

Hardcover

Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physic

Sports GeneralAstronomy & SpaceGeneral Mathematics

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ISBN10: 3032191874
ISBN13: 9783032191878
Publisher: Springer
Published: Jul 14 2026
Pages: 573
Language: English
This book presents new editions and investigations of 114 Babylonian planetary tables: cuneiform tablets inscribed with computed dates, positions, and other data for the planets Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. The tablets originate from Babylon and Uruk, two main centers of Babylonian astronomy. They were written in the period 400-50 BCE. Along with lunar tables and procedure texts they belong to a corpus of texts known as Babylonian mathematical astronomy. They contain the earliest known form of mathematical astronomy in the ancient world. All computations are based on the uniform zodiac with twelve signs of thirty degrees and the 60-based number system known as sexagesimal place value notation.

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