How to avoid European bias in science history teaching? I'm a new lecturer. Part of my course (one lecture) teaches the origins of our scientific understanding of the solar system.  I talk about the ancient Greeks, the preservation of their work by eastern scholars, the Renaissance, Copernicus, Kepler, De Brahe, Galileo, Newton, etc. Much like how I was taught, and also following the course text (that I inherited).
In some student feedback I have been accused of giving the impression that everything was discovered or worked out by white European men. It's made me feel very lazy. I want to improve and avoid giving this impression.  But firstly, how should I respond?
[I want to] avoid giving the impression [...] that everything was discovered or worked out by white european men. 


I'm not a science historian, so I can't really say if the impression is actually right or wrong. It seems counter-intuitive, however, that a small local fraction of the earth's population should have "worked out" science alone. That's puzzling enough to examine this assumption.


  I want to improve. 


This is a great example for how questions from students can trigger a researcher to advance their own research and understanding. I'm sure there's a huge literature on non-western science history. Knock yourself out.


  But firstly, how should I respond


By admitting that you know little about non-western science history, and that, naturally, your previous knowledge and specialization have shaped the syllabus of your course. After asking colleagues and/or doing your own literature search (it doesn't have to go into any depth), you may feel confident enough to give some pointers to your students who want to read up on non-western origins of science. The main point here is to acknowledge your perspective (and you already did that) rather than to claim a "neutral" viewpoint based on unexamined assumptions.