The Heavenly Writing
Subtitle: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: October 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780521716611
Subjects: Occultism & quasi-religious beliefs; World history; Mesopotamia; Ancient - General; Astrology - General; Middle East - General; History / Ancient / General; History - General History
First sentence: IF SCIENCE HAS A UNIVERSAL ASPECT UNDERLYING ANY AND ALL its manifestations in human culture, then a reappraisal of the nature of scientific inquiry should pertain in some measure to modern and to Babylonian science alike.