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Way De' Noble
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Greco-Persian knowledge? Connecting Science from East to West. This 10th century CE 'Book of the Fixed Stars' authored by Persian astronomer al-Sufi (AD 903-86), who worked at the court at Isfahan. A Persian writing in Arabic, he translated and built on ancient Greek and Roman astronomical studies. The book describes 48 constellations, including their longitudinal and latitudinal coordinates, enabling greater precision in navigating the stars. Al-Sufi's son, Ibn al-Sufi, continued his father's legacy by writing poems about the stars. (Maragheh, Iran)
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