Babylonian Shadow-Length Schemes: Between Mathematics and Astronomy

A simple mathematical scheme to represent the variation in the length of the shadow cast by a vertical gnomon at different times of day and in different months of the year is presented in the early astronomical compendium MUL.APIN. A small number of texts composed in the Late Babylonian period inves...

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Autor principal: Steele, John
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Publicado: Universidad Nacional de Rosario 2021
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