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Originally Posted by Shark Bait
The narrative also stated that it would have been 'impossible' for Copernicus and others to have advanced Astronomy without the efforts of Islamic Astronomers and Mathematicians. Once again, this is a big claim that needed to be backed up. In my opinion is wasn't.
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This was perhaps a reference to the fact that Copernicus and others used the voluminous astronomical records and observations made by the Arabic observers to build on their own observations.
While most Arabic observers were perhaps using their own observations as a means to an end - time of prayer, religious celebration (as did the Christians, too), etc, the science-motivated Copernican observers wanted answers to more fundamental questions of of why, how & when. To do this they needed more data, so they relied on what was available.