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Born
about BC
Samos, Greece
Died
about BC
Greece
Summary
Aristarchus was a Greek mathematician and astronomer who is celebrated as the exponent of a Sun-centred universe and for his pioneering attempt to determine the sizes and distances of the Sun and Moon.

Biography

Aristarchus of Samos does not seem to have had the attention from historians of mathematics which he deserved until recent times.

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For example Heath begins Volume II of his history of Greek mathematics with the words [5]:-

Historians of mathematics have, as a rule, given too little attention to Aristarchus of Samos. The reason is no doubt that he was an astronomer, and therefore it might be supposed that his work would have no sufficient interest for the mathematician.

The Greeks knew better; they called him 'Aristarchus the mathematician'.

However the fact that he was known as an astronomer rather than a mathematician is rather countered by Neugebauer's claim that his work [6]:- Aristarchus (310 BC - 230 BC) - Biography - MacTutor History ... QYCIW