Aristarchus-Biography

A detailed Summary of Aristarchus-Biography

Aristarchus was not just a man of astronomy. He was also actively

involved in mathematics as well as astronomy. He used his knowledge in

both fields to discover great advances in the astronomy world like the

fact that the earth rotates on its own axis and that the sun is in a fixed

position and that the earth revolves around it. Even though Aristarchus'

ideas and hypotheses were not approved by the rest of the astronomers

and mathematicians in the Greek world they did not persecute him.

The exact date that Aristarchus died is not sure of but it is guessed

that he was born around 310 BC in Greece. They think that he died

around 230 BC in Greece. Not really anything is known about his

childhood or his parents. But some of his mentors that helped him with

his thirst for knowledge are Archimedes and Strato of Lampsacus. Strato

of Lampsacus was head of Aristotle's Lyceum but Aristarchus is thought

as later corrected by Hipparchus. None of these confusions we due to

Aristarchus made his observations of the summer solstice during

after with some very smart and influential men. It's thought that

book provides details of his strong geometric argument, based on

measurement of the sizes and distances of various stars and planets

observation. It is also thought that Aristarchus may have been an

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