• daannii@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Also optical glass. Perfected by someone in the middle east. And allowed telescopes to be created. Until then, glass was not clear enough for these applications.

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      7 days ago

      Yea like, for a good long while of human history, the middle east was the center for scientific advancement and discovery.