The scaffolding of our thoughts : : essays on Assyriology and the history of science in honor of Francesca Rochberg / / edited by C. Jay Crisostomo, Eduardo A. Escobar, Terri Tanaka, Niek Veldhuis.
Francesca Rochberg has for more than thirty-five years been a leading figure in the study of ancient science. Her foundational insights on the concepts of “science,” “canon,” “celestial divination,” “knowledge,” “gods,” and “nature” in cuneiform cultures have demanded continual contemplation on the...
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