Thomas Little Heath
Sir Thomas Little Heath was a British civil servant, mathematician, classical scholar, historian of ancient Greek mathematics, translator, and mountaineer. He was educated at Clifton College. Heath translated works of Euclid of Alexandria, Apollonius of Perga, Aristarchus of Samos, and Archimedes of Syracuse into English.
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The Copernicus of Antiquity (Aristarchus of Samos)
Discover how an ancient Greek astronomer dared to challenge the conventional wisdom of an Earth-centered universe.
By Thomas Little Heath
Archimedes
Uncover the real story of a genius, whose mathematical mind defended a city and whose inventions revolutionized science.
By Thomas Little Heath