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- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Chronological and Typographical Conventions
- Glossary of Astronomical Terminology Cited
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Historiography of Science
- 1 These Bones Live!
- 2 Cuneiform Texts and the Historiography of Science
- 3 The Early Shaping of a Modern Historiography of Ancient Astronomical Sciences
- Part II Worldmaking and the Anthropology of Science
- References
- Index of Names and Subjects
2 - Cuneiform Texts and the Historiography of Science
from Part I - Historiography of Science
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 January 2025
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Worldmaking and Cuneiform Antiquity
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Chronological and Typographical Conventions
- Glossary of Astronomical Terminology Cited
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Historiography of Science
- 1 These Bones Live!
- 2 Cuneiform Texts and the Historiography of Science
- 3 The Early Shaping of a Modern Historiography of Ancient Astronomical Sciences
- Part II Worldmaking and the Anthropology of Science
- References
- Index of Names and Subjects
Summary
Chapter 2 discusses chief trends in the history of science that established cultural and pluralist approaches to science and which are essential to integrating the cuneiform scientific textual culture within the history of science proper.
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- Worldmaking and Cuneiform AntiquityAn Anthropology of Science, pp. 53 - 79Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025