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Not quite as ancient but still very cool. "Nicolaus Copernicus bought a copy while at the University of Cracow, and cared about it enough to have it professiona
by ecocentrik 2y ago
Not quite as ancient but still very cool. "Nicolaus Copernicus bought a copy while at the University of Cracow, and cared about it enough to have it professionally bound with pieces of wood and leather.[9] Alexander Bogdanov maintained that these tables formed the basis for Copernicus's development of a heliocentric understanding in astronomy."
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoThat's a neat example of how "boring" statistical data / record keeping can lead to great scientific results.
- 29athrowaway 2y agoScientific theories are models, and models are based on data.