Abu Ma'shar
Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi, al-Falakī, Ibn Balkhī
Persia (Iraq) 787 – 886
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Astronomy, astrology; Mathematics; the theory of “rays” traveling through empty space to affect objects and events at a distance, which Isaac Newton later proved as Gravity; The “medium” through which he believed the astral energy flowed was called the Aethyr;
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practical manuals on astrology;
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