Galileo Galilei

“…throughout the continent, scientists such as Copernicus and Galileo would build upon them to come up with the theories that we accept as fact today . Unlike European astronomers, however, Muslims would not…”

“…revolution was spurred from the works of Copernicus, Galileo and Newton, all of whom where familiar with earlier Islamic scientific literature and were almost certainly influenced by it. In the twelfth century ,…”

“…polymaths had produced. Ibn al-Hay tham, left, and Galileo, right, explored the world through observation and rational thought. Both men are shown on the front of Jo hannes He velius' s Selenographia, a…”

“…rotating about its own axis 6oo years before Galileo. Many educated Muslims, including Al-Biruni, at this time took it for granted that the Earth was round. Ibn Hazm, a tenth- century man of…”