10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARISTARCHUS»
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Aristarchus in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Measuring the Universe: Cosmic Dimensions from
Aristarchus ...
Measuring the Universe is the first history of the evolution of cosmic dimensions, from the work of Eratosthenes and Aristarchus in the third century B.C. to the efforts of Edmond Halley (1656—1742).
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Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus: A History of ...
Now Eudoxus was the first person to develop scientifically the hypothesis that the
sun and moon remain at a constant distance from the earth respectively, and this
is the hypothesis of Aristarchus. Further, we are told by Archimedes that ...
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The Copernicus of Antiquity:
Aristarchus of Samos (1920)
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Thomas Heath, Sir, Thomas Little Heath, 2010
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Letters from
Aristarchus to Philemon: in which the ...
in which the distinguishing doctrines of the gospel are discussed, and objections
stated and answered Chauncey Lee. LETTER I. My Dear Friend, That wo have
embraced different- religious sentiments, and that our views of some of the ...
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Unheralded Faith:
Aristarchus, A Servant of the Living Lord
Aristarchus could not have been ignorant of the danger ahead. Had he not
experienced the close call in Ephesus? Had they not learned of the evil plot by
the Jews to attack Paul before they set sail for Syria? Paul was now sharing of the
...
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Aristarchus anti-Blomfieldianus: or, A reply to the notice ...
Edmund Henry Barker. OR A REPLY TO THE NOTICE OF THE NEW GREEK
THESAURUS, Inserted in the 44th No. of The Quarterly Review. " /"VUANQUAM
et scriptores, dum alienos errores detegunt, cautos multum esse oportet.
Edmund Henry Barker, 1820
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Aristarchus to Pappus of Alexandria
Volume II contains: Aristarchus (distances of sun and moon); Archimedes (cylinder, sphere, cubic equations; conoids; spheroids; spiral; expression of large numbers; mechanics; hydrostatics); Eratosthenes (measurement of the earth); ...
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The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates
ARISTARCHUS. HOW. TO. GET. RID. OF. POVERTY. Socrates had an extreme
tenderness for his friends, and if through imprudence they fell into any misfortune,
he endeavoured to comfort them by his good counsels; if they laboured under ...
Aristarchus I, the brother of Aristomenes, had two sons, Cyro- nides and
Demochares, and two daughters. Cyronides was adopted as the son of his
maternal grandfather Xenaenetus I and so passed out of the family, leaving
Demochares as ...
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The Life of Copernicus (1473-1543)
Copernicus made a little reference to the sun-centered hypothesis of Aristarchus
in a page of his manuscript of De revolutionibus, I, 11: "Philolaus believed in the
earth's motion, [...] Aristarchus ofSamos too held the same view according to ...
Pierre Gassendi, Oliver Thill, 2002
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARISTARCHUS»
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The Scientific Secrets of Doctor Who
As is this rather glib remark: "People in history weren't stupid." Well, maybe only in recent history, at least not this guy Aristarchus who invented ... «The Register, Jul 15»
Amazon has become the next Great Library of Alexandria
You could say the Ancient Library of Alexandria pioneered self-publishing. It was here that Aristarchus stated that the earth revolves around the ... «Good E-Reader, Jun 15»
NASA releases videos on formation of moon
Among the sites features in the video include Orientale Basin, Shackleton crater, South Pole-Aitken Basin, Tycho crater, Aristarchus Plateau, ... «Nature World Report, Jun 15»
Planetary potpourri: Random observations from the observatory
Only a single person in all the 50 centuries of pre-Renaissance history – Aristarchus, on the Greek island of Samos – figured out that Earth ... «Almanac Weekly, Jun 15»
Kaleidoscope: Chagrin Falls: charming Western Reserve village
Aristarchus Champion built the original brick one-story Greek revival building to house a public library. It was acquired for use as the township ... «Aurora Advocate, May 15»
Librarian Murdered by Egyptian Mob
The vast majority of the works of Sophocles, Aristarchus, Sappho, Hero, and hundreds of other ancient scholars were lost in the conflagration. «Huffington Post, May 15»
Steven Weinberg: the 13 best science books for the general reader
Looking over the surviving highly mathematical works of Aristarchus, Archimedes and Ptolemy, we can feel a twinge of sympathy for Greeks or ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
Queen stunned by inventory of historical Royal gifts
Among the documents shown to the Queen was a report written by an English spy called Aristarchus and sent back from America to George III, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
Big Bang author dismisses ancient Greeks' contribution to modern …
Aristarchus of Samos, who worked in Alexandria before Eratosthenes, however, "could have done better": he tried to calculate the relative sizes ... «South China Morning Post, Mar 15»
To Explain the World: The Discovery of Modern Science by Steven …
Aristarchus of Samos, who worked in Alexandria before Eratosthenes, however “could have done better”: he tried to calculate the relative sizes ... «The Guardian, Mar 15»
