Aristarchus's on the sizes and distances of the sun and the moon: Greek and Arabic texts

DOI10.1007/s00407-006-0118-4zbMath1123.01004OpenAlexW2153302499WikidataQ56084223 ScholiaQ56084223MaRDI QIDQ884936

Nathan Sidoli, J. Lennart Berggren

Publication date: 7 June 2007

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-006-0118-4

zbMATH Keywords

EuclidArchimedesGreek geometryAristarchus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of astronomy and astrophysics (85-03)

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