Eudoxus of Cnidus

Eudoxus of Cnidus
Bornc. 390 BC
Cnidus, Anatolia
(now Yazıköy, Muğla, Turkey)
Diedc. 340 BC
Cnidus, Anatolia
Known forKampyle of Eudoxus
Concentric spheres
Scientific career
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Eudoxus of Cnidus (/ˈjuːdəksəs/; Ancient Greek: Εὔδοξος ὁ Κνίδιος, Eúdoxos ho Knídios; c. 390 – c. 340 BC) was an ancient Greek astronomer, mathematician, doctor, and lawmaker.[1] He was a student of Archytas and Plato. All of his original works are lost, though some fragments are preserved in Hipparchus' Commentaries on the Phenomena of Aratus and Eudoxus.[2] Spherics by Theodosius of Bithynia may be based on a work by Eudoxus.

  1. ^ Diogenes Laertius; VIII.86
  2. ^ Lasserre, François (1966) Die Fragmente des Eudoxos von Knidos (de Gruyter: Berlin)

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