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Jim Al Khalili has a gripping and informative BBC documentary on just this, he shows that books by Copernicus had the same errors as certain earlier Arab texts
by deepnet 11y ago
Jim Al Khalili has a gripping and informative BBC documentary on just this, he shows that books by Copernicus had the same errors as certain earlier Arab texts going back to Alhazen.
He delves further and explores the book of doubt the first post greek published work to question the Ptolomaic cosmology. This was written at the hilltop fortress of the order of Assassins which ensured a golden age of peace by a network of espionage. Marco Polo famously described the Garden's there. Ibn al-Ḥaytham, Alhazen continued his work under the patronage of the Mongols.
It is all very well presented by Al Khalili.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL41gX0fJng https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL41gX0fJng
- Cyph0n 11y agoYes, I've heard about it. It's good to see that that some efforts are being made to bring these great scientists and their work to light.