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Ibn al-Shatir’s model for the appearances of Mercury, showing the multiplication of epicycles in a Ptolemaic enterprise. 14th century CE.

Yeah, they’re smarter than the rest of us.

Posted on July 7, 2011 via crooked indifference with 158 notes

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