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It's not a "perfect" essay — the author seems to be a bit confused about the nature of parallax — but I think it's quite interesting and helpful nonetheless. h
by michaelsbradley 8y ago
It's not a "perfect" essay — the author seems to be a bit confused about the nature of parallax — but I think it's quite interesting and helpful nonetheless.
http://nautil.us/issue/60/searches/the-popular-creation-story-of-astronomy-is-wrong http://nautil.us/issue/60/searches/the-popular-creation-stor...
Also helpful:
https://www.quora.com/Why-did-science-make-little-real-progress-in-Europe-in-the-Middle-Ages-3 https://www.quora.com/Why-did-science-make-little-real-progr...
- Theodores 8y agoThe Nautilus article is really helpful, seems everything we work out as humans is a discourse between writer and readers, getting there in the end. But we need our heroes and, here as well as with Darwin, there are precedents that don't make it into the history books.