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Medieval Globalsim: One of my favorite interests - intellectual contributions (~711-1492) to western civilization.
A short paper about the development of the Heliocentric model for our solar system that connects the dots to show how Copernicus likely knew of the work of Tulsi, a Persian astronomer. Consider this was in the days before the printing press so knowledge was hard won in some cases and a matter of cordial relationships between and among trusted people - "classified information" in some cases, to avoid being labeled a "heretic" by the church.
"Quite a while ago I noticed that "the Tusi couple" is mentioned also in a Hebrew medieval treatise מישר עקוב Meyasher ʿaqov (Rectifying the Curved) by a Spanish Jewish author named Abner of Burgos (c. 1270–1340), also known as Alfonso de Valladolid"
A short paper about the development of the Heliocentric model for our solar system that connects the dots to show how Copernicus likely knew of the work of Tulsi, a Persian astronomer. Consider this was in the days before the printing press so knowledge was hard won in some cases and a matter of cordial relationships between and among trusted people - "classified information" in some cases, to avoid being labeled a "heretic" by the church.
"Quite a while ago I noticed that "the Tusi couple" is mentioned also in a Hebrew medieval treatise מישר עקוב Meyasher ʿaqov (Rectifying the Curved) by a Spanish Jewish author named Abner of Burgos (c. 1270–1340), also known as Alfonso de Valladolid"
The Missing Link between Nasir al-Din al-Tusi and Nicolaus Copernicus? | Dr. Nosonovsky's Website...
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SGT Mary G. understood this much...
Historians showed that Persian astronomers of the 13th century from the Maragha school in southern Azerbaijan came very close to the discovery of the heliocentric Copernicus planetary system. Although these astronomers did not claim explicitly that the sun is located in the center of the planetary system, their mathematical formalism was identical with that of Nicolaus Copernicus and unlike the earlier formalism employed by the geocentric Ptolemaic system.
Historians showed that Persian astronomers of the 13th century from the Maragha school in southern Azerbaijan came very close to the discovery of the heliocentric Copernicus planetary system. Although these astronomers did not claim explicitly that the sun is located in the center of the planetary system, their mathematical formalism was identical with that of Nicolaus Copernicus and unlike the earlier formalism employed by the geocentric Ptolemaic system.
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