Aristarchus of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus (Dover Books on Astronomy)

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"A most welcome addition to the literature of astronomical history." Nature "A most important contribution to the early history of Greek thought and a notable monument of English scholarship." Journal of Hellenic Studies This classic work traces Aristarchus of Samoss anticipation by two millennia of Copernicuss revolutionary theory of the orbital motion of the earth. Heaths 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.