Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus: A History of Greek Astronomy to Aristarchus, Together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the Sizes and ... (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics) - Softcover

Heath, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108062334 ISBN 13: 9781108062336

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2013

Synopsis

The Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos was active in the third century BCE, more than a thousand years before Copernicus presented his model of a heliocentric solar system. It was Aristarchus, however, who first suggested - in a work that is now lost - that the planets revolve around the sun. Edited by Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940), this 1913 publication contains the ancient astronomer's only surviving treatise, which does not propound the heliocentric hypothesis. The Greek text is based principally on the tenth-century manuscript Vaticanus Graecus 204. Heath also provides a facing-page English translation and explanatory notes. The treatise is prefaced by a substantial history of ancient Greek astronomy, ranging from Homer's first mention of constellations to work by Heraclides of Pontus in the fourth century BCE relating to the Earth's rotation. Heath's collection of translated ancient texts, Greek Astronomy (1932), is also reissued in this series.

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Book Description:

Aristarchus of Samos was the first astronomer to propose a heliocentric model of the solar system. This 1913 Greek edition of his only surviving treatise, with facing-page English translation, was prepared by Sir Thomas Little Heath (1861-1940). It is prefaced by a substantial history of ancient Greek astronomy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1108062334
• ISBN 13: 9781108062336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440