Aristarchus of Samos: The Ancient Copernicus is a history of Greek
astronomy and astronomers leading up to Aristarchus of Samos, the first
astronomer to present the sun (instead of the Earth) at the center of
the known universe, with the Earth revolving around it. In addition to
the backgrounds of major astronomers and philosophers and an overview of
early astronomical theories, this edition includes the Greek text and a
translation of Aristarchus's On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and
Moon. This work is ideal for historians and students of Greek astronomy.
SIR THOMAS LITTLE HEATH (1861-1940) was a British classical scholar,
mathematician, historian of ancient Greek mathematics, and a Greek
translator. He studied at Clifton College and Trinity College,
Cambridge, where he received his Doctor of Sciences and became a Fellow.
Heath was known for his work on Greek mathematics and authored and
translated several books, including Works of Archimedes (1897), Euclid's
Elements (1908), A History of Greek Mathematics (1921), and Mathematics
in Aristotle (1949). It is primarily through Heath's translations that
English speakers are familiar with Archimedes' works.