Otto Neugebauer (1899–1990)
Author of The Exact Sciences in Antiquity
About the Author
Image credit: Otto Neugebauer [credit: JOC/EFR]
Works by Otto Neugebauer
Astronomical Cuneiform Texts: Babylonian Ephemerides of the Seleucid Period for the Motion of the Su (1955) 7 copies, 1 review
Egyptian Planetary Texts: On Some Astronomical Papyri And Related Problems Of Ancient Geography (2011) 3 copies
Chronography in Ethiopic Sources (Sitzungsberichte Der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse) (German Edition) (1989) 2 copies
Egyptian Astronomical Texts: II. The Ramesside Star Clocks (Brown Egyptological Studies V) 2 copies, 1 review
Associated Works
The Scientific Enterprise in Antiquity and Middle Ages: Readings from Isis (1996) — Contributor — 14 copies
Forelæsning over mathematikens historie : oldtiden (2011) — some editions; Editor, some editions — 2 copies, 1 review
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Neugebauer, Otto Eduard
- Other names
- Neugebauer, O.
- Birthdate
- 1899-05-26
- Date of death
- 1990-02-19
- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Graz
University of Munich
University of Göttingen
University of Copenhagen - Occupations
- historian of science
historian of mathematics - Organizations
- University of Göttingen
University of Copenhagen
Brown University
Institute for Advanced Study - Awards and honors
- Balzan Prize (1986)
Franklin Medal (1987)
John F. Lewis Prize (1952)
Heineman Prize (1953)
American Council of Learned Societies' Award (1961)
Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1973) (show all 9)
Pfizer Award (1975)
Mathematical Association of America Distinguished Service Award (1979)
Susan Culver Rosenberger Medal of Honor (1987) - Relationships
- Wittgenstein, Ludwig (prisoner-of-war camp)
Hilbert, David (doctoral advisor) - Nationality
- USA
Austria (birth) - Birthplace
- Innsbruck, Austria
- Place of death
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Members
Reviews
Accomplishments of Egyptians and Babylonians in astronomy, mathematics, and transmission to Greeks. 66 illus.
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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