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• ... that polymath '''[[Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|Thābit ibn Qurra]]''' Thabit rejected the Peripatetic and Aristotelian notions of a "natural place" for each element, and that Thābit instead proposed a theory of motion in which both the upward and downward motions are caused by weight, with the order of the universe a result of two competing attractions (''jadhb''): one of these being "between the sublunar and celestial elements", and the other being "between all parts of each element separately"?
• ... that polymath '''[[Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|Thābit ibn Qurra]]''' Thabit rejected the Peripatetic and Aristotelian notions of a "natural place" for each element, and that Thābit instead proposed a theory of motion in which both the upward and downward motions are caused by weight, with the order of the universe a result of two competing attractions (''jadhb''): one of these being "between the sublunar and celestial elements", and the other being "between all parts of each element separately"?


• ... polymath '''[[Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (nonfiction)|Nasir al-Din al-Tusi]]''' convinced Hulegu Khan to construct an observatory for establishing accurate astronomical tables for better astrological predictions;  that construction of the Rasad Khaneh observatory began in 1259; and that the observatory is located south of the river Aras, and to the west of Maragheh, the capital of the Ilkhanate Empire, in what is now Azarbaijan?
• ... that mathematician '''[[Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (nonfiction)
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi]]''' was the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor at a German university?
 
• ... that singer-physicist '''[[J._Robert_Oppenheimer_(nonfiction)|J. R. Oppenheimer]]''' performed his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee?

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• ... that polymath Thābit ibn Qurra Thabit rejected the Peripatetic and Aristotelian notions of a "natural place" for each element, and that Thābit instead proposed a theory of motion in which both the upward and downward motions are caused by weight, with the order of the universe a result of two competing attractions (jadhb): one of these being "between the sublunar and celestial elements", and the other being "between all parts of each element separately"?

• ... that mathematician [[Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (nonfiction) Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi]] was the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor at a German university?

• ... that singer-physicist J. R. Oppenheimer performed his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee?

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