Technology

@article{neugebauer1945the,
    author = "Neugebauer, O.",
    title = "The History of Ancient Astronomy Problems and Methods",
    year = "1945",
    journal = "Journal of Near Eastern Studies",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1086/370729",
    doi = "10.1086/370729",
    number = "1",
    pages = "1-38",
    volume = "4"
}

@book{leach1954primitive1,
    author = "Leach, E. R",
    title = "Primitive Time Reckoning, in Singer, C., Holmyard, E. J., and Hall, A. R., eds., THe History of Technology",
    year = "1954",
    publisher = "London, Oxford University Press",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Leach, E. R., 1954, Primitive Time Reckoning, in Singer, C., Holmyard, E. J., and Hall, A. R., eds., THe History of Technology: London, Oxford University Press.}"
}

@book{neugebauer1954ancient2,
    author = "Neugebauer, O",
    title = "Ancient Mathematics and Astronomy, in Singer, C., Holmyard, E. J., and Hall, A. R., eds., THe History of Technology",
    year = "1954",
    publisher = "London, Oxford University Press",
    note = "talkorigins\_source = {true}; raw\_reference = {Neugebauer, O., 1954, Ancient Mathematics and Astronomy, in Singer, C., Holmyard, E. J., and Hall, A. R., eds., THe History of Technology: London, Oxford University Press.}"
}

@article{sarton1955a,
    author = "Sarton, George",
    title = "A History of Technology. Volume I: From Early Times to the Fall of the Ancient Empires. Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall",
    year = "1955",
    journal = "Isis",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1086/348419",
    doi = "10.1086/348419",
    number = "3",
    pages = "294-296",
    volume = "46"
}

@article{glass1960a,
    author = "Glass, Bentley",
    title = "A History of Technology. The Industrial Revolution 1750 to 1850. Volume IV. Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall, Trevor I. Williams, Y. Peel, J. R. Pretty, M. Reeve",
    year = "1960",
    journal = "The Quarterly Review of Biology",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1086/403195",
    doi = "10.1086/403195",
    number = "4",
    pages = "326-326",
    volume = "35"
}

@article{smith1960a,
    author = "Smith, Cyril Stanley",
    title = "A History of Technology. Vol. V. The Late Nineteenth Century, c. 1850-c. 1900. Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall, Trevor I. Williams",
    year = "1960",
    journal = "Isis",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1086/348922",
    doi = "10.1086/348922",
    number = "3",
    pages = "354-356",
    volume = "51"
}

@book{neugebauer1975a,
    author = "Neugebauer, Otto",
    title = "A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy",
    year = "1975",
    booktitle = "Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61910-6",
    doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-61910-6"
}

@article{mercier1979a,
    author = "Mercier, Raymond and Neugebauer, O.",
    title = "A History of Ancient Mathematical Astronomy",
    year = "1979",
    journal = "The Geographical Journal",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.2307/634430",
    doi = "10.2307/634430",
    number = "2",
    pages = "336",
    volume = "145"
}

@article{swerdlow1979a,
    author = "Swerdlow, N.M",
    title = "A history of ancient mathematical astronomy",
    year = "1979",
    journal = "Historia Mathematica",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(79)90118-6",
    doi = "10.1016/0315-0860(79)90118-6",
    number = "1",
    pages = "76-85",
    volume = "6"
}

The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work of ancient astronomers. While tracing ideas from ancient Babylon to sixteenth-century Europe, the book places its greatest emphasis on the Greek period, when astronomers developed the geometric and philosophical ideas that have determined the subsequent character of Western astronomy. The author approaches this history through the concrete details of ancient astronomical practice. Carefully organized and generously illustrated, the book can teach readers how to do real astronomy using the methods of ancient astronomers. For example, readers will learn to predict the next retrograde motion of Jupiter using either the arithmetical methods of the Babylonians or the geometric methods of Ptolemy. They will learn how to use an astrolabe and how to design sundials using Greek and Roman techniques. The book also contains supplementary exercises and patterns for making some working astronomical instruments, including an astrolabe and an equatorium. More than a presentation of astronomical methods, the book provides a critical look at the evidence used to reconstruct ancient astronomy. It includes extensive excerpts from ancient texts, meticulous documentation, and lively discussions of the role of astronomy in the various cultures. Accessible to a wide audience, this book will appeal to anyone interested in how our understanding of our place in the universe has changed and developed, from ancient times through the Renaissance.

@misc{evans1998the,
    author = "Evans, James",
    title = "The History \& Practice of Ancient Astronomy",
    year = "1998",
    abstract = "The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy combines new scholarship with hands-on science to bring readers into direct contact with the work of ancient astronomers. While tracing ideas from ancient Babylon to sixteenth-century Europe, the book places its greatest emphasis on the Greek period, when astronomers developed the geometric and philosophical ideas that have determined the subsequent character of Western astronomy. The author approaches this history through the concrete details of ancient astronomical practice. Carefully organized and generously illustrated, the book can teach readers how to do real astronomy using the methods of ancient astronomers. For example, readers will learn to predict the next retrograde motion of Jupiter using either the arithmetical methods of the Babylonians or the geometric methods of Ptolemy. They will learn how to use an astrolabe and how to design sundials using Greek and Roman techniques. The book also contains supplementary exercises and patterns for making some working astronomical instruments, including an astrolabe and an equatorium. More than a presentation of astronomical methods, the book provides a critical look at the evidence used to reconstruct ancient astronomy. It includes extensive excerpts from ancient texts, meticulous documentation, and lively discussions of the role of astronomy in the various cultures. Accessible to a wide audience, this book will appeal to anyone interested in how our understanding of our place in the universe has changed and developed, from ancient times through the Renaissance.",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195095395.001.0001",
    doi = "10.1093/oso/9780195095395.001.0001"
}

@article{crossref1999the,
    title = "The history and practice of ancient astronomy",
    year = "1999",
    journal = "Choice Reviews Online",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.5860/choice.37-0906",
    doi = "10.5860/choice.37-0906",
    number = "02",
    pages = "37-0906-37-0906",
    volume = "37"
}

@article{voelkel2001book,
    author = "Voelkel, James R.",
    title = "Book Review: Teaching Ancient Astronomy: The History and Practice of Ancient Astronomy",
    year = "2001",
    journal = "Journal for the History of Astronomy",
    url = "https://doi.org/10.1177/002182860103200107",
    doi = "10.1177/002182860103200107",
    number = "1",
    pages = "82-84",
    volume = "32"
}