Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid

It may be astronomers, it might be scribes that are being dictated by the astronomers, or it might be two multiple people coming together together. to put these together. And these diaries really lay the groundwork, because there are so many observations in them, for algorithms to be generated to then predict and model the motion of planets in the sky using mathematics.

You can really see in the record the kind of step one, step two, step three. Not that necessarily the mathematical astronomy is a pinnacle of all this, but it is, as far as I know, the kind of earliest example of exact sciences in antiquity. And it's a really incredible moment and a really generational effort. that they've all done kind of together without whether they realized it or not.

You can really see in the record the kind of step one, step two, step three. Not that necessarily the mathematical astronomy is a pinnacle of all this, but it is, as far as I know, the kind of earliest example of exact sciences in antiquity. And it's a really incredible moment and a really generational effort. that they've all done kind of together without whether they realized it or not.

You can really see in the record the kind of step one, step two, step three. Not that necessarily the mathematical astronomy is a pinnacle of all this, but it is, as far as I know, the kind of earliest example of exact sciences in antiquity. And it's a really incredible moment and a really generational effort. that they've all done kind of together without whether they realized it or not.

Yeah, exactly, which is just so incredibly, to me, really moving because I think the history of science is a history of people trying to make sense of the world around them. They care enough in these periods to do that every single night, and they care enough to try to connect it with events on Earth, but they also care enough to think, oh, wow, this is actually cool. We can make math out of this.

Yeah, exactly, which is just so incredibly, to me, really moving because I think the history of science is a history of people trying to make sense of the world around them. They care enough in these periods to do that every single night, and they care enough to try to connect it with events on Earth, but they also care enough to think, oh, wow, this is actually cool. We can make math out of this.

Yeah, exactly, which is just so incredibly, to me, really moving because I think the history of science is a history of people trying to make sense of the world around them. They care enough in these periods to do that every single night, and they care enough to try to connect it with events on Earth, but they also care enough to think, oh, wow, this is actually cool. We can make math out of this.

I mean, there were nerds back then just as they are today. I love it.

I mean, there were nerds back then just as they are today. I love it.

I mean, there were nerds back then just as they are today. I love it.

Yes, I agree. And I think you have these occasional incredible moments in them, like Halley's Comet being observed in the sky. I think it's 164 BCE. And then again, 78 years later. I don't know if you've ever seen a comet. I saw Hale-Bopp when I was a kid, and I saw NEOWISE a couple of years ago during the pandemic.

Yes, I agree. And I think you have these occasional incredible moments in them, like Halley's Comet being observed in the sky. I think it's 164 BCE. And then again, 78 years later. I don't know if you've ever seen a comet. I saw Hale-Bopp when I was a kid, and I saw NEOWISE a couple of years ago during the pandemic.

Yes, I agree. And I think you have these occasional incredible moments in them, like Halley's Comet being observed in the sky. I think it's 164 BCE. And then again, 78 years later. I don't know if you've ever seen a comet. I saw Hale-Bopp when I was a kid, and I saw NEOWISE a couple of years ago during the pandemic.

And they're just like these incredible, like, what is this thing just floating in the sky? What is that? And they recognize that we've seen this one before. We saw this. Somebody wrote about this 78 years ago. Maybe they didn't know exactly that, but they knew that this wasn't some bizarre thing, that this was an observed phenomenon.

And they're just like these incredible, like, what is this thing just floating in the sky? What is that? And they recognize that we've seen this one before. We saw this. Somebody wrote about this 78 years ago. Maybe they didn't know exactly that, but they knew that this wasn't some bizarre thing, that this was an observed phenomenon.

And they're just like these incredible, like, what is this thing just floating in the sky? What is that? And they recognize that we've seen this one before. We saw this. Somebody wrote about this 78 years ago. Maybe they didn't know exactly that, but they knew that this wasn't some bizarre thing, that this was an observed phenomenon.

And they wrote about it, and I think moments like that are incredibly moving. And then there are the events on Earth, like the one you mentioned earlier. where you have a really boring sentence, the king died. And that king is Alexander the Great. And that's recorded in an astronomical text, essentially.

And they wrote about it, and I think moments like that are incredibly moving. And then there are the events on Earth, like the one you mentioned earlier. where you have a really boring sentence, the king died. And that king is Alexander the Great. And that's recorded in an astronomical text, essentially.

And they wrote about it, and I think moments like that are incredibly moving. And then there are the events on Earth, like the one you mentioned earlier. where you have a really boring sentence, the king died. And that king is Alexander the Great. And that's recorded in an astronomical text, essentially.

I mean, it's recorded in a lot of other places, but I think it's just incredible that it even finds its way into these observational records.