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The astronomers of Babylonia, scratching tiny marks in soft clay, used surprisingly sophisticated geometry to calculate the orbit of what they called the White Star -- the planet Jupiter. (Mathieu ...

At the beginning, there were just three basketball positions — the center, whose job it was to win possession of the ball during the tip-off; the forwards, who pushed the ball ahead to score; and the ...