Francesca Rochberg

Francesca Rochberg (Halton) (born May 8, 1952 in Philadelphia) is an American Assyriologist, historian of science, and Catherine and William L. Magistretti Distinguished Professor of Near Eastern Studies at University of California, Berkeley.[1] She is best known for her work on the history of Babylonian astronomy.

She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Chicago with a Ph.D.[2] She taught at the University of California, Riverside.[3]

Awards

Works
  • Babylonian Horoscopes. DIANE Publishing. 1998. ISBN 978-0-87169-881-0.
  • The Heavenly Writing: Divination, Horoscopy, and Astronomy in Mesopotamian Culture. Cambridge University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-521-83010-2.
  • In the Path of the Moon: Babylonian Celestial Divination and Its Legacy. Brill. 2010. ISBN 978-90-04-18389-6.
  • Before Nature: Cuneiform Knowledge and the History of Science. University of Chicago Press. 2016. ISBN 978-0226406138

Novels
  • Gone Crazy Out There. Kennedy & Boyd. 2008. ISBN 978-1-904999-81-2.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-09. Retrieved 2010-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-18. Retrieved 2010-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. UC Riverside Professor Named Guggenheim Fellow
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-06-22. Retrieved 2010-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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