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490?-420? B.C. Greek Philosopher One of the many Greek natural philosophers who benefited from the flowering of culture that accompanied Pericles's reign, Oenopides is perhaps best known for his contributions to mathematical astronomy. Among his...
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490?-420? B.C. Greek mathematician and astronomer credited by some sources with discovering that the Sun moves in an oblique circle from east to west (the obliquity of the zodiac). He also calculated the length of the Great Year of the Sun and Moon,...
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Oenopides of Chios was an ancient Greek mathematician (geometer) and astronomer, who lived around 450 BCE. He was born shortly after 500 BC on the island of Chios, but mostly worked in...


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