To: Alamo-Girl
A bit more on
ANAXAGORAS OF CLAZOMENAE. It seems he wasted a lot of time trying to square the circle. Very interesting website.
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08/23/2003 1:28:23 PM PDT by
PatrickHenry
(Hic amor, haec patria est.)
To: PatrickHenry
Thank you so much for the link! I think I answered my next question. Aristarchus first proposed orbits in 150 B.C. but it was taken seriously until Copernicus.
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