The Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos (ca. 310-230 BC) hypothesized that the earth revolves yearly about the sun and daily rotates about its own axis. He attempted to determine the relative sizes and distances of the sun, moon, and earth. Born on...

As with many of his contemporaries, the only extant facts about the life of Aristarchus involve remarks about him and his work written by others. Only one of Aristarchus' writings survived, On the Magnitudes and Distances of the Sun and Moon, but in it...

c. 310-c. 230 B.C. Greek Astronomer and Mathematician Aristarchus is famous for developing the first heliocentric planetary theory. For this, he has come to be known as the "Copernicus of antiquity." He also made the first rational...

c. 310-c. 230 B.C. Greek astronomer and mathematician who applied geometric theory to calculate the relative sizes, and distance between, the Moon and Sun. The first scientist to propose a heliocentric, or Sun-centered, model of the universe,...

Aristarchus (Greek: Ἀρίσταρχος; 310 BC - ca. 230 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician, born on the island of Samos, in ancient Greece. He was the first person to present an explicit argument for a heliocentric model of the solar...

DOWNTOWN 81, A "LOST" No-BUDGET FILM shot on location in Manhattan some nineteen years ago, finally had its debut last month, at Cannes. Directed by Edo Bertoglio and written by Glenn O'Brien, this lighthearted document of the East Village scene stars a twenty-year-old...

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