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Bill wrote:
> Lu wrote
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>>Given the level of scientific knowledge, inquiry, and downright genius
>>among the ancient Greeks, I'm rather surprised that the idea of a
>>heliocentric universe didn't occur to one of them.
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> It did indeed occur to one or more of them, Aristarchus of Samos. (Approx.
> 300BC if memory serves--learned initially in a book obtained for me by
> Alex.)
True, but then why didn't the rest of the "learned" crowd jump on the
idea as a solution for the motion of the planets? Or were they more
interested in a "logically satisfying" solution than one that provided
the easiest solution to a problem?
Lu
