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Pure Science

@purescience.news

2 months ago

The medieval Oxford friar who worked out the makeup of planets and stars Richard Fishacre used his knowledge of light and colour to argue against ‘fifth element’ theories of the day About 800 years ago, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at the University of Oxford, challenged...

The medieval Oxford friar who worked out the makeup of planets and stars #Science #Space #Astronomy #MedievalScience #AstronomyHistory #OxfordFriar

Pure Science

@purescience.news

3 months ago

The Medieval Friar Who Foretold Carl Sagan’s “Star-Stuff” We are made of star-stuff. Few scientific ideas have had as much cultural staying power as this one, which Carl Sagan popularized in his 1980 TV series Cosmos. The phrase has become almost like secular...

The Medieval Friar Who Foretold Carl Sagan’s “Star-Stuff” #Science #ScienceHistory #StarStuff #CarlSagan #MedievalScience

Gltch

@gltch.io

4 months ago

How a medieval Oxford friar used light and color to find out what stars and planets are made of During the 1240s, Richard Fishacre, a Dominican friar at Oxford University, used his knowledge of light and color to show that the stars and planets are made of the same elements found here on Earth. In so doing, he challenged the scientific orthodoxy of his day and preempted the methods and discoveries of the 21st-century James Webb space telescope.

✨In 1240, a friar *predicted* Webb Telescope discoveries!🤯 He proved stars & Earth share elements, challenging ancient science.🌌 #MedievalScience

Source: phys.org/news/2025-11-medieval-ox...

Brewminate (Matthew A. McIntosh)

@brewminate.bsky.social

7 months ago

The Moon’s Power in Medieval Thought How medieval people believed the moon shaped health, crops, and human moods. Astronomy was a practical tool in their world.

🌙 In medieval life, the Moon ruled more than tides—it shaped planting, moods, and health.

Discover how deeply lunar cycles were woven into everyday life.

#MedievalScience #LunarPower #Brewminate

@culturedjinni.bsky.social

8 months ago

Dark Side History: Ibn al-Shatir (1304–1375), the Astronomer! YouTube video by The Cultured Jinni (A History & Culture Channel)

Dark Side History: Ibn al-Shatir (1304–1375), the Astronomer!

youtu.be/jhTRsaz2hxk?...
#IbnShatir #IslamicAstronomy #MedievalScience #HistoryOfAstronomy #GoldenAgeOfIslam #AstronomyPioneer #ArabScience #IbnShatirModel #PreCopernicanAstronomy #ScientificHeritage

Eric J. Johnson

@ejjohnson.bsky.social

1 year ago

Recto of a manuscript folio of the De Judiciis Astrologiae by the 11th-century Tunisian astrologer Haly Abenragel (Abu I-Hasan Ali ibn Abi I-Rijal).

Verso of a manuscript folio of the De Judiciis Astrologiae by the 11th-century Tunisian astrologer Haly Abenragel (Abu I-Hasan Ali ibn Abi I-Rijal).

Nifty reader-added maniculum (pointing hand) indicating an important passage of text in a manuscript folio of the De Judiciis Astrologiae by the 11th-century Tunisian astrologer Haly Abenragel (Abu I-Hasan Ali ibn Abi I-Rijal).

Detail of handwritten text in a manuscript folio of the De Judiciis Astrologiae by the 11th-century Tunisian astrologer Haly Abenragel (Abu I-Hasan Ali ibn Abi I-Rijal).

Nice #ManuscriptFragment find in Ohio: leaf from a ca. 1300 copy of De Judiciis Astrologiae by the 11th-century Tunisian astrologer Haly Abenragel (Abu I-Hasan Ali ibn Abi I-Rijal). The leaf was recycled as a binding support in a later, now unknown, book. #fragmentology #MedievalScience

Maya Droeschler

@mayadroeschler.bsky.social

1 year ago

Medieval science - drawing on Greek doctor Galen - believed women needed to reach climax to conceive.

Let’s just say, if Galen were right, our species might not have made it this far

#MedievalScience #GalenWasWrong

Mohamed Qassiti

@mqassiti.bsky.social

1 year ago

#histsci #astrolabe #Catalonia #medievalscience #medievaleducation #manuscripts

Ben Gross

@bhgross144.bsky.social

1 year ago

Only ~2 hours until @jasonwdean.com & @sebfalk.bsky.social's After Hours discussion of medieval science!

Register here: afterhourswithmedievalscience.splashthat.com

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