BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY DEVELOPED MATHEMATICAL THEORY TIMES OBSERVATION MINOR THE RECORDS OBSERVATIONS VENUS TABLETS ECLIPSE RECORDS EARLY TIMES ESSENTIAL INITIAL STAGES SCIENCE THE TAKING APPARENTLY INCREASINGLY LESS OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY GAVE MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS ANCIENT TURN MATHEMATICAL PREDICTION CURRENT FUTURE CHARACTERISTIC ENTIRE SOLUTION PROBLEMS THE SUN FOCUS PROBLEM THE CALENDAR ESTABLISHMENT OF LUNAR CALENDAR SOLAR LUNAR PHENOMENA THEREFORE UNDERSTOOD LITTLE LUNAR MONTHS WERE TO GET OUT PHASE SOLAR YEARS CONNECTION BABYLONIANS EVENTS LAST SHARP CONTRAST THE GREEK THE PLANETS RATHER VIEWED WE BELIEVE BASIS NEWTONIAN PHYSICS NEVER PHYSICS SENSE PROBABLY CELESTIAL BODIES MIGHT HUMAN POINT ASTRONOMY DECIDEDLY TURN IN PREDICT PLANETARY EVIDENCE GEOMETRICAL COSMOS SUPPORT RECOURSE MEANS THE HEIGHT CREATIVITY REDUCED FIRST THOUGHT TERM TELESCOPES OBSERVATIONAL SELEUCID ASTRONOMER METAPHORICALLY LEADING