In his Atlantic article titled “Stop Calling the Babylonians Scientists,” journalist Philip Ball argues that “science” isn’t a useful observer’s category for understanding what Babylonian astronomers were doing. Read his article and chapter 2 of McClellan and Dorn, and then write a paper that addresses these questions: Do McClellan and Dorn agree with Ball? Do you agree with Ball? Why or why not? And if Ball is correct, do you think “science” is a useful observer’s category for what Greek natural philosophers were doing?

Be sure to define the term “observer’s category” and acknowledge its source
Your paper should use at least four quotations from the sources. Quote no more than three lines for each quotation. It should also use at least four citations without quotations (paraphrase). You should use footnotes to cite sources, including lecture notes. Do not put notes in footers. Put them in footnotes. The paper must be typed, double-spaced, with at least 1″ margins on
all sides. The pages must be numbered. follow the rules in the History Department Style Sheet or the Chicago Manual of Style should use at least four quotations from the sources. Quote no more than three lines for each quotation. It should also use at least four citations without quotations.
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/02/babylonians-scientists/462150/