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When we hear the phrase “Scientific Revolution,” our minds often leap to the bustling intellectual salons of 17th-century Europe, to figures like Newton and Galileo. But history, in its vast tapestry, rarely offers such a singular narrative. Long before the European Renaissance ignited, a vibrant scientific tradition was flourishing in the Islamic world, a period … Read more
The history of science is not a linear march toward absolute truth, but rather a winding, often messy, journey of revision and revolution. What was once dogma can become a forgotten footnote, overturned by a cascade of new evidence and fresh perspectives. This constant self-correction, this “relativity of wrong,” is not a weakness of science, … Read more
The year is roughly 1350. Europe is slowly emerging from the shadow of the Black Death, a cataclysm that had wiped out a significant portion of its population. Yet, from the ashes of this devastation, a new spirit began to stir, a fervent reawakening that would come to be known as the Renaissance – the … Read more