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GREEK PHILOSOPHER PYTHAGORAS: 6th century BC
Pythagoras stated in his "Harmony of the Spheres" that
the universe was a giant sphere which encompassed the
Earth and the air around it:
"The Sun, Moon, and planets revolve in concentric
circles, each fastened to a sphere or wheel. The
swift revolution of each of these bodies causes a
swish, or musical hum, in the air. Evidently each
planet will hum on a different pitch, depending on
the ratios of their respective orbits--just as the
tone of a string depends upon its length. Thus the
orbits in which the planets move form a kind of
huge lyre whose strings are curved in circles."