Book: Aristarchus Of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus 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.
Details of Book: Aristarchus Of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus Book: Aristarchus Of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus
Author: Thomas Little Heath
ISBN: 0486438864
ISBN-13: 9780486438863
, 978-0486438863
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 2004/12/09
Publisher: Dover Publications
Number of Pages: 425
Language: English