Otto E. Neugebauer

Otto Eduard Neugebauer (May 26, 1899 – February 19, 1990) was an Austrian-American mathematician and historian of science who became known for his research on the history of astronomy and the other exact sciences as they were practiced in antiquity and the Middle Ages. By studying clay tablets, he discovered that the ancient Babylonians knew much more about mathematics and astronomy than had been previously realized. The National Academy of Sciences has called Neugebauer "the most original and productive scholar of the history of the exact sciences, perhaps of the history of science, of our age." Quotes The difficulties which arise from assuming a direct borrowing by the Greeks from India fall away on the assumption of a common origin in Babylonia. Die Schwierigkeiten, die einer direkten griechischen Entlehnung aus Indien entgegenstehen, fallen bei der Annahme von Babylon als gemeinsames Ursprungsgebiet ohne weiteres weg. Neugebauer, Otto. in The Sulbasutras and the 'Pythagoras Theorem' External links Category:1899 births Category:1990 deaths Category:Scientists from Innsbruck Category:20th-century American astronomers Category:20th-century Austrian astronomers Category:20th-century Austrian mathematicians Category:20th-century American mathematicians Category:20th-century American historians Category:20th-century American male writers Category:20th-century Austrian historians Category:American historians of mathematics Category:Historians of antiquity Category:Historians of science Category:University of Graz alumni Category:LMU Munich alumni Category:University of Göttingen alumni Category:University of Copenhagen alumni Category:Brown University faculty Category:Austro-Hungarian military personnel of World War I Category:Austro-Hungarian prisoners of war in World War I Category:World War I prisoners of war held by Italy Category:Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art Category:Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Category:Corresponding fellows of the British Academy Category:American male non-fiction writers Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society