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Posted: 22 Jan 2022

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The Invention of Science •
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David Wootton •

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The oldest surviving celestial globe, made in Valencia by Ibrahim ‘Ibn Said and his son Muhammad in year 478 of the Hegira (1085 of the Christian era). Arabic astronomy was highly sophisticated, and at least the equal of any Western astronomy until Copernicus -- indeed, Copernicus may well have used technical solution devised by Arab astronomers.
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The INVENTION of SCIENCE
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