Sunday, February 21, 2010

Pre-Copernican

Aristarchus, a Greek astronomer living about 200 B.C., reportedly was the first person to declare that the Earth revolved around the sun. His theory was disregarded for hundreds of years.

1 comment:

  1. The original thinkers, wouldn't have been fun to know them? We've got our own but how do you tell the thinkers from the snake oil salesmen?

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