Opinionated History of Mathematics

Heliocentrism in antiquity

Feb 11, 2019 · 31 min · 15.2 MB
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Two thousand years before Galileo, Greek astronomers argued that the heavenly bodies revolve around the sun. Their reasoning involved sophisticated mathematics and sound physical considerations. Transcript Is the earth the center of the universe? Or does it orbit around the sun? The Greeks had some interesting ideas about this. For example, the earth is basically … Continue reading Heliocentrism in antiquity