Aristarchus was not just a man of astronomy. He was also actively involved in mathematics as well as astronomy. He used his knowledge in both fields to discover great advances in the astronomy world like the fact that the earth rotates on its own axis and that the sun is in a fixed position and that the earth revolves around it. Even though Aristarchus’ ideas and hypotheses were not approved by the rest of the …showed first 75 words of 635 total…

…showed last 75 words of 635 total…what we now call modern trigonometry. Even though, most of his findings could not be confirmed of denied till the time of Sir Isaac Newton, when it became possible to test effects of rotation of the Earth. And some of his findings were off due to poor instruments, he was still a man of knowledge and brought to our attention that the earth revolves on its axis and that the earth revolves around the sun.