Aristarchus of Samos

British  

noun

1. 3rd century _bc , Greek astronomer who anticipated Copernicus in advancing the theory that the earth revolves around the sun

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Example Sentences

Here, then, was the heliocentric doctrine reduced to a virtual demonstration by Aristarchus of Samos, somewhere about the middle of the third century B.C.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

This Aristarchus of Samos is also the more to be suspected, as Plutarch accuses him of bigotry and malevolent hypocrisy, in consequence of being imbued with a direct contrary opinion.

From A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 10 (of 10) From "The Works of Voltaire - A Contemporary Version" by Fran?ois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

Aristarchus of Samos, who lived in the third century B.C., held that the earth revolves about the sun as a fixed centre, and rotates on its own axis.

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

We learn, for example, that the studies of Aristarchus of Samos were definitely known to Archimedes of Syracuse, out in Sicily.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

This remarkable bit of testimony establishes beyond question the position of Aristarchus of Samos as the Copernicus of antiquity.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington