Otto E. Neugebauer
Mathematician, Author
1899 – 1990
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Who was Otto E. Neugebauer?
Otto Eduard Neugebauer 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 in antiquity and into 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."
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- Born
- May 26, 1899
Innsbruck - Also known as
- Otto Neugebauer
- O. Neugebauer
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Austria
- Profession
- Education
- University of Graz
- University of Göttingen
- Employment
- Brown University
- Died
- Feb 19, 1990
Princeton
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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