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A Reading of the Treatise of Aristarchus of Samos on the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon

  • François Dubois
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This contribution is a compilation of reading notes on Aristarchus’s Treatise, as it was translated into French by Fortia d’Urban. It is clear that Aristarchus is a master in the art of identifying similar triangles and that he has a deep understanding of trigonometry. However, his prose is not easy to read!

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@misc{dubois2026reading,
  title = {{A Reading of the Treatise of Aristarchus of Samos on the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon}},
  author = {François Dubois},
  howpublished = {HAL},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  url = {https://hal.science/hal-05775379v1},
  note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
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