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ZH_2_17 — Islamic Golden Age Astronomy: Observation, Innovation, and the Preservation of Knowledge
Islamic astronomy — the astronomical tradition developed in the Islamic world from the 8th through the 15th centuries CE — represents one of the most productive and consequential scientific enterprises in human history,
ZH_1_15 — Star Catalogs: From Hipparchus to Hipparcos and the Tycho Catalog
A star catalog — a systematic list of stars with their positions, magnitudes, and sometimes colors, proper motions, and spectral types — is the foundational document of observational astronomy. The compilation of ever mo
F_3_16 — Ancient Astronomical Knowledge Transfer: East to West
The transfer of astronomical knowledge from East to West — from Mesopotamian/Babylonian, Egyptian, Indian, and Persian traditions through Greek, Hellenistic, and Islamic intermediaries to medieval and Renaissance Europe
V_1_07 — Mathematical Astronomy: Ptolemy to Kepler
Mathematical astronomy — the use of mathematical models to predict celestial phenomena — is one of the oldest and most successful applications of mathematics. Babylonian astronomers (c. 1800–100 BCE) developed sophistica
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