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Did Copernicus steal ideas from Islamic astronomers?
Nov 29 2023
Length: 1 hr and 27 mins
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Did Copernicus steal ideas from Islamic astronomers?

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Copernicus’s planetary models contain elements also found in the works of late medieval Islamic astronomers associated with the Maragha School, including the Tusi couple and Ibn al-Shatir’s models for the Moon and Mercury. On this basis many historians have concluded that Copernicus must have gotten his hands on these Maragha ideas somehow or other, even … Continue reading Did Copernicus steal ideas from Islamic astronomers?

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