The Copernicus of Antiquity (Aristarchus of Samos)
by Heath, Thomas Little, Sir
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21020742
Title:
The Copernicus of Antiquity (Aristarchus of Samos)
Series Title:
Pioneers of progress. Men of science.
Contents:
Part I. Greek astronomy to Aristarchus: Thales. Anaximander. Anaximenes. Pythagoras. Parmenides. Anaxagoras. Empedocles. The Pythagoreans. Œnopides of Chios. Plato. Eudoxus, Callippus, Aristotle. Heraclides of Pontus -- Part II. Aristarchus of Samos: The heliocentric hypothesis. On the apparent diameter of the sun. On the sizes...