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WHAT DOES ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Aristarchus of Samos

Aristarchus of Samos

Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Greek astronomer and mathematician who presented the first known model that placed the Sun at the center of the known universe with the Earth revolving around it. He was influenced by Philolaus of Croton, but he identified the "central fire" with the Sun, and put the other planets in their correct order of distance around the Sun. His astronomical ideas were often rejected in favor of the geocentric theories of Aristotle and Ptolemy.

Definition of Aristarchus of Samos in the English dictionary

The definition of Aristarchus of Samos in the dictionary is 3rd century bc, Greek astronomer who anticipated Copernicus in advancing the theory that the earth revolves around the sun.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS

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Aristarchus
Aristarchus of Samothrace
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Aristippus
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aristocracies
aristocracy
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aristocratical
aristocratically
aristocratism
aristolochia
aristology
Aristophanes
Aristotelian
Aristotelian logic
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WORDS THAT END LIKE ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS

alalagmos
Amos
atmos
cosmos
Deimos
demos
dromos
exophthalmos
hoummos
Los Alamos
microcosmos
nomos
opisthodomos
Patmos
Samos
Thermos

Synonyms and antonyms of Aristarchus of Samos in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

萨摩斯的阿里斯塔克斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Aristarco de Samos
570 millions of speakers

English

Aristarchus of Samos
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Samos के अरिस्तर्खुस
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

أريستارخوس ساموس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Аристарх Самосский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Aristarco de Samos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামোস এর Aristarchus
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Aristarque de Samos
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Aristarchus of Samos
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Aristarch von Samos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サモスのアリスタルコス
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사모 스 의 아리스 타르 쿠스
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Aristarkus Samos
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Aristarchus của Samos
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சமோஸ் அரிஸ்டர்கஸ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामोसचे अरिस्तार्ख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Samos Aristarchus
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Aristarco di Samo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Arystarch z Samos
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Аристарх Самоський
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Aristarh din Samos
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

Αρίσταρχος ο Σάμιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Aristarchus van Samos
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

Aristarchos i Samos
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Aristarkos av Samos
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS»

Discover the use of Aristarchus of Samos in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Aristarchus of Samos and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus: A History of ...
Prefaced by a history of ancient Greek astronomy, this 1913 edition of Aristarchus' only surviving treatise includes a facing-page translation.
Thomas Heath, 2013
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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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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.
Sir Thomas Heath, 2014
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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.
Thomas Heath, 2004
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Aristarchus of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus. A History of ...
This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by Clarendon Press in Oxford, 1913.
Sir Thomas Little Heath, 1999
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Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus
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Thomas Heath, Sir, Thomas Little Heath, 2009
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3rd-Century Bc Writers: Archimedes, Epicurus, Aristarchus of ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source: Wikipedia, Books, LLC, 2010
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Aristarchus of Samos, the Ancient Copernicus; a History of ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Thomas Heath, Sir, Thomas Little Heath, 2010
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Ancient Samians: Pythagoras, Epicurus, Aristarchus of Samos, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
LLC Books, 2010
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Groundbreaking Scientific Experiments, Inventions, and ...
Aristarchus of Samos (ca. 320-ca. 250 B.c.e.) is credited as the first to develop a sun-centered model of the cosmos. His heliocentric treatise was written about two centuries after two 5th- century (b.c.e.) Greek philosophers, Philolaus and ...
Robert E. Krebs, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ARISTARCHUS OF SAMOS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Aristarchus of Samos is used in the context of the following news items.
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Librarian Murdered by Egyptian Mob
It would take over 1,100 years for Nicolaus Copernicus to reinvent the work of Aristarchus of Samos, who correctly determined that the Earth ... «Huffington Post, May 15»
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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»
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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»
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Too Many Americans Think the Earth is the Center of Our Solar System
... century BC by Aristarchus of Samos, but truly became a widely-held belief in the 16th century's Renaissance of math, science, and literacy. «Nature World News, Mar 15»
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The First People
550 B.C.) and later Aristarchus of Samos (ca. 230 B.C.). In that sense, the Copernican revolution is rather a revival of lost knowledge. “Contrary ... «Morocco World News, Dec 14»
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Who's the Greatest Mathematician of Them All?
But Aristarchus of Samos brought out a book consisting of some hypotheses, in which the premises lead to the result that the universe is many ... «Huffington Post, Jun 14»
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The Antikythera Mechanism, And Early Technology
Let us begin with Aristarchus of Samos who had accurately determined roughly 150 years before the earliest dating of the Antikythera had ... «Ghost Theory, Jun 14»
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After Centuries of Lost Ideas, Humans Saved History by Sending It to …
By far the most tantalizing loss from the library was a treatise by the mathematician Aristarchus of Samos (310–230 BCE) that provided the first ... «Motherboard, Jun 14»
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Why Physicists Are In A Film Promoting An Earth-Centered Universe
If you thought Aristarchus of Samos, 15th century mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus and (a century later) Galileo put an end to all that, you'd ... «NPR, Apr 14»
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Get Ready for the April 15, 2014 Total Lunar Eclipse: Our Complete …
The Earth's umbra is just under three times the size of the Moon, and the Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos used this fact and a little ... «Universe Today, Apr 14»

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