Greek Astronomy and the Medieval Arabic Tradition
By George Saliba
The medieval Islamic astronomers were not merely translators. They may also have played a key role in the Copernican revolution
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July-August 2002
Volume 90, Number 4
Page 360
DOI: 10.1511/2002.27.360
In 1957, two brilliant historians met to consider an archaic manuscript written by a 14th-century Arab astronomer. The document they held in their hands was almost completely unknown to most historians of science, who would have considered it to be unbelievable had they known of its existence.
The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS Hunt 547, Folio 32 Recto
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