This is the only complete catalogue of the nearly four hundred Sanskrit manuscripts contained in the Rare Book Library at Columbia University. The collection is especially strong in works on mathemati
Associates of Pingree (history of mathematics, Brown U.) either as graduate students or colleagues present 29 essays primarily on astronomy and geometry in the context of Mesopotamia, classical and me
Offers a comprehensive account of the origins of astronomy and astrology in the Ancient Near East. Presents Sumerian and Akkadian texts dealing with descriptive or mathematical astronomy, describing a
Nasir al-Din al-Tusi completed the final version of his astronomical tract al-Tadhkira fi cilm al-jau'a at Baghdad in 1274 AD. cAbd al- cAli b. Muhammad b. Husain al-Birjandi completed his commenta
This collection explores the spread of culture through literacy from Mesopotamia into Egypt, Palestine and Greece after a system of writing was developed. By gathering evidence from a vast range of ma
