Person: Anaximander Of Miletus

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Anaximander of Miletus was a Greek scholar who first proposed that the sun, moon and planets revolved around the earth. he invented the gnomon of a sun-dial.

Mathematical Profile (Excerpt):

Born 611 BC, Miletus near Söke, Turkey. Died 546 BC.

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Astronomy, Origin Turkey

Epochs: 1


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  1. O’Connor, John J; Robertson, Edmund F: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive