Name: Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World: Parapegmata and Related Texts in Classical and Near-Eastern Societies (en Inglés)
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Author: Daryn Lehoux
ISBN: 9781107404779

portada Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World: Parapegmata and Related Texts in Classical and Near-Eastern Societies (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Cambridge University Press

Autor

Daryn Lehoux

Año

2012

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

580

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

1107404770

ISBN13

9781107404779

Categorías

Mundo antiguo
Historia antigua

Astronomy, Weather, and Calendars in the Ancient World: Parapegmata and Related Texts in Classical and Near-Eastern Societies (en Inglés)

Daryn Lehoux (Autor) · Cambridge University Press · Tapa Blanda

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The focus of this book is the interplay between ancient astronomy, meteorology, physics and calendrics. It looks at a set of popular instruments and texts (parapegmata) used in antiquity for astronomical weather prediction and the regulation of day-to-day life. Farmers, doctors, sailors and others needed to know when the heavens were conducive to various activities, and they developed a set of fairly sophisticated tools and texts for tracking temporal, astronomical and weather cycles. Sources are presented in full, with an accompanying translation. A comprehensive analysis explores questions such as: What methodologies were used in developing the science of astrometeorology? What kinds of instruments were employed and how did these change over time? How was the material collected and passed on? How did practices and theories differ in the different cultural contexts of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome?