Anaximenes of Miletus (c. 585-c. 525 BC)

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 3426. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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History And Archaeoastronomy, Biographies

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Greek philosopher, born in Miletus, pupil of ANAXIMANDER. The first Greek to distinguish clearly between planets and stars, Anaximenes conceived the idea that the stars were fixed like nails on a crystalline sphere, which he apparently believed was a hemisphere and rotated like a hat on a head. He believed the primary substance of the universe was air, which could form the other elements of water...

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