Publication from ISAW Neugebauer Conference

The volume, "A Mathematician's Journeys: Otto Neugebauer and Modern Transformations of Ancient Science," just released from Springer International Publishing, was edited by ISAW Professor Alexander Jones, VRS Alum Christine Proust, and Senior Fellow John M. Steele. The book is a result of the Neugebauer Conference held at ISAW in November 2010, A Mathematician's Journeys: Otto Neugebauer Between History and Practice of the Exact Sciences." The conference sought to "cast new light on the many facets of Neugebauer's career, his impact on the history and practice of mathematics, and the ways in which his legacy has been preserved or transformed in recent decades, looking ahead to the directions in which the study of the history of science will head in the twenty-first century."

From Springer International Publishing's website: 

This book explores facets of Otto Neugebauer's career, his impact on the history and practice of mathematics, and the ways in which his legacy has been preserved or transformed in recent decades, looking ahead to the directions in which the study of the history of science will head in the twenty-first century. Neugebauer, more than any other scholar of recent times, shaped the way we perceive premodern science. Through his scholarship and influence on students and collaborators, he inculcated both an approach to historical research on ancient and medieval mathematics and astronomy through precise mathematical and philological study of texts, and a vision of these sciences as systems of knowledge and method that spread outward from the ancient Near Eastern civilizations, crossing cultural boundaries and circulating over a tremendous geographical expanse of the Old World from the Atlantic to India.

The book is available for purchase in hardcover through Springer.