/sci/ - Science & Math

>>11598912
come on man
>if they didn't have ancient greece to pilfer from
Every scientist and mathematician use the already known knowledge to expand/discover/invent new things
Nobody (except for autists) starts from scratch, everyone continue from where the former men of science ended
>algorithms most definitely predate the islamic golden age, along with chemistry and optics
Making a flat mirror and a discovering the law of reflection (by measurement) is not optic. Writing a book about lenses and curved mirrors and mathematically describing law of refraction is Optic
Same for chemistry
Bunch of half assed experiments here and there don't make someone the "father of [some field]", otherwise you can also count Issac Newton as a chemist