In this very small volume of messed-up corroded metal you have packed in there enough knowledge to fill several books telling us about ancient technology, ancient science and the way these interacted with the broader culture of the time, said Alexander Jones, a historian of ancient science at New
Date: Jun 18, 2016
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Huge discovery: Babylonians used geometry to study space
Indeed, compared with the complex geometry embraced by the ancient Greeks a few centuries later, with its cycles and epicycles, the inscriptions reflect a more abstract and profound conception of a geometrical object in which one dimension represents time, says historian Alexander Jones of New Yor
Date: Jan 30, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
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Babylonian Astronomers' Secret Revealed By Ancient Tablets
Ossendrijvers discovery has wowed scholars including Alexander Jones at New York Universitys Institute for the Study of the Ancient World; Jones told the radio network thatOssendrijvers discovery is really quite remarkable.
Date: Jan 30, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
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Clay Tablets Show How Babylonian Astronomers Tracked The Planets Using Ancient Geometry
"[The tablet] testifies to the revolutionary brilliance of the unknown Mesopotamian scholars who constructed Babylonian mathematical astronomy during the second half of the first millennium B.C.," saysNew York University's Alexander Jones.
Date: Jan 29, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
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Clay tablets reveal Babylonians discovered astronomical geometry 1400 years before Europeans
Alexander Jones, a professor at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, praised Ossendrijver's research, which he said shows the "revolutionary brilliance of the unknown Mesopotamian scholars who constructed Babylonian mathematical astronomy during the second half of the
The abstract, geometrical ideas behind this technique stand out in history. "Such concepts have not been found earlier than in 14th century European texts on moving bodies," Alexander Jones, a historian at New York University who was not associated with the study told Science. "Their presence test
Date: Jan 28, 2016
Category: Sci/Tech
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World's oldest computer is more ancient that first thought: Antikythera ...
'If we were all taking bets about where it was made, I think I would bet what most people would bet, in Rhodes,' Alexander Jones, a specialist in the history of ancient mathematical sciences told New York Times.
Authorities said Alexander Jones told a recycling company employee that he had permission to carve the bridge for scrap and showed the employee cellphone photos of the bridge. The recycling company called police.