The astronomer, mathematician, and physician Eudoxus of Cnidus (ca. 408-ca. 355 BC) was the first Greek astronomer to properly apply mathematics to astronomy. Eudoxus was born in Cnidus, a Greek colony in Asia Minor, into a family of physicians; he...

Eudoxus was a Greek mathematician from Cnidus, in what is now Turkey. He is famous for his work on calculating the area bounded by a curve as well as the ladder of Eudoxus. It is also believed that some of the work of Euclid of Alexandria is derived...

c. 408-c. 355 B.C. Greek Astronomer and Mathematician First to apply mathematics properly in the study of astronomy, Eudoxus also contributed directly to mathematical study with his theory of proportion and his method of exhaustion. In addition, he...

400?-347? B.C. Greek astronomer and mathematician who wrote on astronomy, mathematics, geography, philosophy, and drafted laws for his native town. He attended some of Plato's lectures and established his own school, where he lectured on...

Eudoxus of Cnidus (Greek Εύδοξος) (410 or 408 BC – 355 or 347 BC) was a Greek astronomer, mathematician, physician, scholar and student of Plato. Since all his own works are lost, our knowledge of him is obtained from secondary sources,...