Aristarchus of Samos

The Ancient Copernicus

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science, Physics, Astronomy
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Author: Sir Thomas Heath ISBN: 9780486150819
Publisher: Dover Publications Publication: March 5, 2014
Imprint: Dover Publications Language: English
Author: Sir Thomas Heath
ISBN: 9780486150819
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication: March 5, 2014
Imprint: Dover Publications
Language: English
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This classic work traces Aristarchus of Samos's anticipation by two millennia of Copernicus's revolutionary theory of the orbital motion of the earth. Heath's history of astronomy ranges from Homer and Hesiod to Aristarchus and includes quotes from numerous thinkers, compilers, and scholasticists from Thales and Anaximander through Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclides. 34 figures.
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This classic work traces Aristarchus of Samos's anticipation by two millennia of Copernicus's revolutionary theory of the orbital motion of the earth. Heath's history of astronomy ranges from Homer and Hesiod to Aristarchus and includes quotes from numerous thinkers, compilers, and scholasticists from Thales and Anaximander through Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, and Heraclides. 34 figures.

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