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Babylonian astronomers used geometry to track Jupiter
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Centuries before European mathematicians claimed to have invented calculus concepts, clay-tablet-wielding scholars were already using complex geometric area calculations to track Jupiter. They tracked planetary velocity using abstract trapezoidal models etched into wet dirt. They essentially unlocked higher-level mathematical physics purely to make highly accurate astrological predictions.
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