Heliocentrism in antiquity
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?
Opinionated History of Mathematics
February 11, 201931m 36s
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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 … <a href="https://intellectualmathematics.com/blog/heliocentrism-in-antiquity/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Heliocentrism in antiquity</span></a>