Aristarchus of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus. A History of Greek Astronomy to Aristarchus together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the Sizes and ... A New Greek Text with Translation and Notes
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781402147906 (1402147902)
Publish date: December 18th 2007
Publisher: Adamant Media Corporation
Pages no: 438
Edition language: English
As other people here have pointed out, the title is misleading. Sir Thomas Heath, an eminent scholar of classical science, published it in 1913. He says his original goal was to provide an English translation of Aristarchus's Greek text describing his method for measuring the distance to the sun; bu...
Though the scholarship is old, this book remains a classic
12 years ago
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