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amitym t1_j52icn2 wrote

Reply to comment by Salty-Pack-4165 in Ancient humans and their early depictions of the universe: “It is no exaggeration to say that astronomy has existed as an exact science for more than five millennia,” writes the late science historian John North. by clayt6

Absolutely, no guess there. It was Brahe and Kepler's astronomical collaboration that led to Kepler's discovery of "the force that moves the worlds" and, thence, Newton's theories of gravitation, motion, continuous mathematical functions, the speed of light, and so on.

So it probably was for everyone who studied the stars carefully. Whenever someone ever said, "I feel like it must be the equinox" and then consulted their astronomical rock markings and learned that, actually, no, irrespective of how they might feel the equinox is not for another 3 weeks.... that was science right there.

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