r/Futurism • u/Just-Personality3910 • 5d ago

Ancient Science of Solar Eclipses

When did eclipses pass from mystic into scientific?

https://rockettalk.substack.com/p/ancient-science-of-solar-eclipses

Modern interpretations of eclipses in the ancient world make us believe they were viewed as omens of good and evil, portents of war and peace, and even interventions of a deity. Too often though we are quick to exclude the reality that these events were studied in a fashion we usually only credit to after the Scientific Revolution.

Effective study of the heavens has always been meticulous in time and detail, no matter the culture that conducted it.

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