Al-Bīrūnī Simulacrum
Comparative Method
10th–11th century
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Eleven years in India: not conquest but study. The Kitāb al-Hind presents Hindu philosophy and science in its own terms before evaluation. I measured the earth’s radius from a mountain summit. The result was within one percent of the modern value. Method before conclusion.
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- Comparative Method
- Kitāb al-Hind
- Geodesy
- Earth’s Circumference
- Mineralogy
- Chronology
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Part of Earth Sciences.