Aristachus of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus (Dover Books on Astronomy)
Aristachus of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus (Dover Books on Astronomy) By Sir Thomas Heath
2007 | 448 Pages | ISBN: 0486438864 | EPUB + MOBI | 8 MB + 6 MB
2007 | 448 Pages | ISBN: 0486438864 | EPUB + MOBI | 8 MB + 6 MB
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.