When asked who was the first to propose the heliocentric theory—that is, the one in which the Sun is the center of the universe and the planets revolve around it—the usual answer is Copernicus.

Aristarchus of Samos, the ancient Copernicus; a history of Greek astonomy to Aristarchus, together with Aristarchus's Treatise on the sizes and distances of the sun and moon, a new Greek text with ...

There is a saying from an unknown author that reads, “Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them, couldn’t handle being laughed at.”More than 2,200 years ago, Greek astronomer and ...

The Histories by Herodotus (484BC to 425BC) offers a remarkable window into the world as it was known to the ancient Greeks in the mid fifth century BC. Almost as interesting as what they knew, ...

Time for another lesson in the ABCs of Success. Think about how you can use the definitions to define, refine and achieve your goals. Aristarchus of Samos (310-250BC) – Greek astronomer who believed ...