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Otto Neugebauer

Born

in Innsbruck, Austria

May 26, 1899

Died

February 19, 1990

Genre

Science

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Otto Eduard Neugebauer was an Austrian-American mathematician and historian of science who became known for his research on the history of astronomy and the other exact sciences in antiquity and into the Middle Ages. By studying clay tablets he discovered that the ancient Babylonians knew much more about mathematics and astronomy than had been previously realized. The National Academy of Sciences has called Neugebauer "the most original and productive scholar of the history of the exact sciences, perhaps of the history of science, of our age."

Neugebauer fought in WW1 in the Austrian army, and was imprisoned as a POW after the war. Refusing to sign a loyalty oath to the new Nazi government of Germany he immigrated to the United States in 193 ...more

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	The Exact Sciences in Antiquity 4.12 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1957 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1975 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astronomy and History: Selected Essays liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egyptian Astronomical Texts. Volume 1: The Early Decans it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egyptian Astronomical Texts: Decans, Planets, Constellations and Zodiacs it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1969 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Vorlesungen über Geschichte der antiken mathematischen Wissenschaften: Vorgriechische Mathematik it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy: Part 1 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1976	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egyptian Astronomical Texts: Decans, Planets, Constellations and Zodiacs Including Plates by Otto Neugebauer, R.A. Parker really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1969	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Astronomical Cuneiform Texts: Babylonian Ephemerides of the Seleucid Period for the Motion of the Sun, the Moon, and the Planets 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1983 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The "Astronomical" chapters of the Ethiopic book of Enoch (72 to 82) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1981	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I do not consider it as the goal of historical writing to condense the complexity of historical processes into some kind of “digest” or “synthesis”. On the contrary, I see the main purpose of historical studies in the unfolding of the stupendous wealth of phenomena which are connected with any phase of human history and thus to counteract the natural tendency toward over-simplification and philosophical constructions which are the faithful companions of ignorance.”
― Otto Neugebauer, The Exact Sciences in Antiquity

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