A Mathematician's Journeys: Otto Neugebauer and Modern Transformations of Ancient Science

by Alexander Jones (editor)

1. From Graz to Gö Neugebauer's Early Intellectual Journey. (David E. Rowe).- 2. "Not in possession of any Weltanschauung": Otto Neugebauer's Flight from Nazi Germany and his Search for Objectivity in Mathematics, in Reviewing, and in History (Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze).- 3. Otto Neugebauer's Visits to Copenhagen and his Connection to Denmark (Lis Brack-Bernsen).- 4. Otto Neugebauer and Ancient Egypt (Jim Ritter).- 5. As the Outsider Walked The Historiography of Mesopotamian Mathematics until Neugebauer (Jens Høyrup).- 6.François Thureau-Dangin and Cuneiform Mathematics (Béatrice André-Salvini).- 7. Mathematical and Philological Insights on Cuneiform Neugebauer's Correspondence with Fellow Assyriologists (Christine Proust).- 8. After Recent Developments in Mesopotamian Mathematics (Duncan Melville).- 9. Babylonian Astronomy 1880 - 1950: The Players and the Field (Teije de Jong).- 10. Neugebauer's Astronomical Cuneiform Texts and its Reception (John Steele).- 11. Translating Babylonian Mathematical Neugebauer and Beyond (Mathieu Ossendrijver).pan>

356 pages, Paperback

First published December 25, 2015