Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "On the Sizes and Distances (of the Sun and Moon) (Περὶ μεγεθῶν καὶ ἀποστημάτων [ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης], Peri megethon kai apostematon) is widely accepted as the only extant work written by Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer who lived circa 280–240 BC. This work calculates the sizes of the Sun and Moon, as well as their distances from the Earth in terms of Earth's radius.The book was presumably preserved by students of Pappus of Alexandria's course in mathematics, although we do not have the details of this. The editio princeps was published by John Wallis in 1688, using several medieval manuscripts compiled by Sir Henry Savile. The earliest Latin translation was made by Georgio Valla in 1488. There is also a 1572 Latin translation and commentary by Frederico Commandino."@en }
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- On_the_Sizes_and_Distances_(Aristarchus) abstract "On the Sizes and Distances (of the Sun and Moon) (Περὶ μεγεθῶν καὶ ἀποστημάτων [ἡλίου καὶ σελήνης], Peri megethon kai apostematon) is widely accepted as the only extant work written by Aristarchus of Samos, an ancient Greek astronomer who lived circa 280–240 BC. This work calculates the sizes of the Sun and Moon, as well as their distances from the Earth in terms of Earth's radius.The book was presumably preserved by students of Pappus of Alexandria's course in mathematics, although we do not have the details of this. The editio princeps was published by John Wallis in 1688, using several medieval manuscripts compiled by Sir Henry Savile. The earliest Latin translation was made by Georgio Valla in 1488. There is also a 1572 Latin translation and commentary by Frederico Commandino.".