One of my students became convinced that an undeciphered Maya hieroglyph represented a comet. He researched occurrences of comets over Mesoamerica and was able to prove that, in fact, Haley's comet was seen shortly after the date inscribed in the text, unfortunately for his hypothesis. It was not Halley's, but a lesser known comet, that the Mayas had seen. My student, stimulated by his inquiry, pursued a course in archaeoastronomy. The progression from cosmology to early modern science is the great nexus of connections between the sciences and humanities, for no other reason than they were in ancient times inseparable.
All cultures pursue scientific inquiry in some manner.
Science, in turn, can and should marshal a colossal societal effort to improve the lives of all people. He has written on such diverse philosophers as Malcolm X, Nietzsche, and Confucius. The Multicultural Roots of Modern Science Greg Whitlock, Austin Community College Modern science, as traditionally taught, appeared one day in 350 B.C. when the Greek natural philosopher Aristotle articulated his cosmology. Yet modern science did not simply arise spontaneously from superstition. Aristotle's educator, Plato, recognized the multicultural history of the science of his day.