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...nequality''' (after the Greek [[Ancient Greek astronomy|astronomer]] and [[Greek mathematics|mathematician]] [[Aristarchus of Samos]]; c. 310 – c. 230 BCE) {{Ancient Greek mathematics}} ...

...itle=The biographical dictionary of women in science pioneering lives from ancient times to the mid-20th century. |date=2000 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=0-415- === Part 1: Tables for spherical astronomy === ...

...nd other trigonometric functions have been used in Islamic mathematics and astronomy, reforming the production of sine tables.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://link {{main|Greek numerals}} ...

...ng|grc|σ}}, word-final lowercase {{lang|grc|ς}}) is the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet. ...]], a Greek letter used in [[Bayer designation]]s for [[naming stars]], in astronomy. Notable examples include: ...

...>{{cite journal |last=Ossendrijver |first=Mathieu |date=29 Jan 2016 |title=Ancient Babylonian astronomers calculated Jupiter's position from the area under a ...nd proved by scholars of Merton college.... In principle, the qualities of Greek physics were replaced, at least for motions, by the numerical quantities th ...

...tal points farthest (apoapsis) and closest (periapsis) from its [[primary (astronomy)|primary body]]. The apsidal precession is the first [[time derivative]] of ...of trepidation models and advocacy of uniform precession in medieval Latin astronomy |journal=Archive for History of Exact Sciences |year=2017 |volume=71 |issue ...

...sfnp|Chrisomalis|2010|p=185}} Alphabetic numeral systems originated with [[Greek numerals]] around 600 BC and became largely extinct by the 16th century.{{s ...History of the Greek alphabet#Standardization – the Ionic alphabet|archaic Greek script]] used in [[Ionia]].{{sfnp|Chrisomalis|2010|p=135–138}} ...

...s}}{{about|the definitions of a 'month' that are mainly of significance in astronomy|other definitions, including a description of a month in the calendars of d ...endar]]s, a '''lunar month''' is the time between two successive [[Syzygy (astronomy)|syzygies]] of the same type: [[new moon]]s or [[full moon]]s. The precise ...

...mpton-322/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=Institute for the Study of the Ancient World, [[New York University]]}}</ref> * 15th century – [[Nilakantha Somayaji]], a [[Kerala school of astronomy and mathematics|Kerala school]] mathematician, writes the "Aryabhatiya Bhas ...

{{Short description|Ancient Indian alphasyllabic numeral system}} ...Malayalam: [[:ml:പരല്‍പ്പേര്|പരല്‍പ്പേര്]]) of numerical notation is an [[ancient]] [[India]]n [[alphasyllabic numeral system]] to depict [[letter (alphabet) ...

...n, and its host star is named '''[[WASP-121|Dilmun]]''' after the [[Dilmun|ancient civilization]].<ref name="NEW2022"/> .../www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2020/04/aa37409-19/aa37409-19.html |journal=Astronomy & Astrophysics |language=en |volume=636 |pages=A117 |doi=10.1051/0004-6361/ ...

...nt-like gravitational attraction of two bodies, neglecting [[Perturbation (astronomy)|perturbations]] due to gravitational interactions with other objects, [[Dr ...rbits around their common center of mass, their [[Barycentric coordinates (astronomy)|barycenter]]. ...

...c world]] during the 3rd century BC from applications of [[geometry]] to [[Astronomy|astronomical studies]].<ref>R. Nagel (ed.), ''Encyclopedia of Science'', 2n ...: with its application to navigation and surveying, nautical and practical astronomy and geodesy, with logarithmic, trigonometrical, and nautical tables|url=htt ...

...vious models, thus, the early models are kept track of by intellectuals in astronomy, an extended progress from trying to perfect the [[Geocentric orbit|geocent == Prehistoric astronomy == ...

...]] known as the [[Septuagint]], made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the [[Septuagint]] version include [[Codex Vaticanus]] ('''B ...title = The Book of Bible Problems | publisher = Association for Biblical Astronomy | year = 1997 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lwFBHAAACAAJ | page ...

=== Ancient Greece === ...tegers.<ref>[[Morris Kline|Kline, M.]] (1990). ''Mathematical Thought from Ancient to Modern Times'', Vol. 1. New York: Oxford University Press (original work ...

...am]], [[Early Islamic philosophy|Islamic Philosophy]], [[Islamic astronomy|Astronomy]], [[Islamic mathematics|Mathematics]], [[Islamic medicine|Biology and Medi ...turlabiyah'', ''Al-Tadhkirah fi 'Ilm al-Hay'ah'' (Memoir on the Science of Astronomy) ...

=== Ancient and imperial era === ...an spirits representing 11 pm to 1 am (left) and 5 am to 7 am (right); the ancient Chinese, although discussing it in supernatural terms, acknowledged [[circa ...

...PA29 |last=North |first=J |title=The Universal frame: historical essays in astronomy, natural philosophy and scientific method |location=London |date=1989 |page ...books?id=nS51_7qbEWsC&pg=PA169 |title= The history and practice of ancient astronomy |location= Oxford |publisher= Oxford University Press | year=1998 |page=169 ...

== Ancient == *[[Parmenides]] (530&nbsp;BC–460&nbsp;BC), İtalian-Greek philosopher, defender of rationalism in philosophy ...