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Al Kashi
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Al-Kashi (born Ghiyāth al-Dīn Jamshīd ibn Masʿūd al-Kāshī, c. 1380 – c. 1429) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and mystic based primarily in Samarkand during the early Timurid Renaissance. He is renowned for his pioneering work in trigonometry, decimal fractions, and his service to the Timurid court, though his later philosophical treatises suggest a preoccupation with …
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Pythagorean Cosmology
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Pythagorean cosmology refers to the ancient Greek philosophical and mathematical conception of the universe attributed to Pythagoras of Samos and his followers, the Pythagoreans. This model posited a universe governed entirely by numerical relationships, where harmony, measure, and proportion were the fundamental organizing principles of all observable phenomena, including celestial mechanics and terrestrial composition. A central tenet w…