Mosques, bazaars and handicrafts: Uzbekistan retains charm and ancient knowledge. With a strong creative drive towards the future.Samarkand and the moon share the fame of Ulugh Beg, shy ruler, mathematician and astronomer, Tamerlan's nephew. In the 15th century, he mapped 1,018 stars from his futuristic observatory and built in Piazza Registan a madrasa that became an institution for mathematics and sciences. On the Moon, a crater named after hi…
Mosques, bazaars and handicrafts: Uzbekistan retains charm and ancient knowledge. With a strong creative drive towards the future.Samarkand and the moon share the fame of Ulugh Beg, shy ruler, mathematician and astronomer, Tamerlan's nephew. In the 15th century, he mapped 1,018 stars from his futuristic observatory and built in Piazza Registan a madrasa that became an institution for mathematics and sciences. On the Moon, a crater named after hi…