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Owen Gingerich Quotes

1930–2023 United States

Owen Jay Gingerich ( March 24, 1930 – May 28, 2023) was an American astronomer who had been professor emeritus of astronomy and of the history of science at Harvard University and a senior astronomer emeritus at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. In addition to his research and teaching, he had written many books on the history of astronomy.

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Some of the al-Tusi material is known to have reached Rome in the 15th century... but there is no evidence that Copernicus ever saw it.…I personally believe he could have invented the method independently.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Owen Gingerich (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.