I will explain how the so called west managed to GIVE the great discoveries.Just see my indisputable references you will then realize
How original is Johannes KEPLER?
From Florida State univeristy - Department of Optics
...The efforts of Alhazen resulted in over one hundred works, the most famous of which was Kitab-al-Manadhirn, rendered into Latin in the Middle Ages. The translation of the book on optics exerted a great influence upon the science of the western world, most notably on the work of Roger Bacon and Johannes Kepler....
