Heath T. A History of Greek Mathematics. Volume II: From Aristarchus to Diophantus

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. — 608 p. — (Dover Books on Mathematics). — ISBN 0-486-24074-6.Historians of mathematics have, as a rule, given too little attention to Aristarchus of Samos. The reason is no doubt that he was an astronomer, and therefore it might be supposed that his work would have no sufficient interest for the mathematician. The Greeks knew better; they called him Aristarchus ' the mathematician', to distinguish him from the host of other Aristarchuses; he is also included by Vitruvius among the few great men who possessed an equally profound knowledge of all branches of science, geometry, astronomy, music, and etc.
This Dover edition, first published in 1981, is an unabridged republication of the work first published in 1921 by the Clarendon Press, Oxford. For this edition the errata of the first edition have been corrected.