Who, among the scientists of antiquity, anticipated the ideas of Copernicus, the founder of the Scientific Revolution?
A)Eratosthenes
B)Aristarchus
C)Theophrastus
D)Archimedes
E)Euclid

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Aristarchus of Samos, a Greek mathematician and astronomer who lived in the 3rd century BCE, anticipated the ideas of Copernicus regarding the heliocentric model of the solar system. Aristarchus proposed that the Sun, not the Earth, was at the center of the universe and that the planets, including Earth, revolved around it. This idea was not widely accepted at the time and was largely ignored until it was rediscovered during the Scientific Revolution.

Who, Among the Scientists of Antiquity, Anticipated the Ideas of Copernicus