The West’s Eurocentric version of scientific history omits some of the most important events that shaped modern thinking.
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When medicine turned to the dead for cures.
The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body remained a mystery.
An 11th-century Persian philosopher, physician, pharmacologist, scientist and poet had a profound influence on both European thought and the Islamic world.
Forcing people to separate science and religion can lead to damaging denials of science.
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