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Re: Universe of the ancient Greeks.
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2006 Mar 13, 17:09 -0800
From: Lu Abel
Date: 2006 Mar 13, 17:09 -0800
Bill wrote: > Lu wrote > > >>Given the level of scientific knowledge, inquiry, and downright genius >>among the ancient Greeks, I'm rather surprised that the idea of a >>heliocentric universe didn't occur to one of them. > > > It did indeed occur to one or more of them, Aristarchus of Samos. (Approx. > 300BC if memory serves--learned initially in a book obtained for me by > Alex.) True, but then why didn't the rest of the "learned" crowd jump on the idea as a solution for the motion of the planets? Or were they more interested in a "logically satisfying" solution than one that provided the easiest solution to a problem? Lu
