An edition of Measuring the Earth (2010)

Measuring the Earth

Eratosthenes and his celestial geometry

By Mary Gow

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Publish Date

2010

Publisher

Enslow

Language

eng

Pages

Description:

"A biography of ancient Greek mathematician Eratosthenes, who used geometry to calculate the circumference of the earth. He is also known as the Father of Geography"--Provided by publisher.

subjects: Figure, Greek Mathematics, Astronomers, Mathematicians, Measurement, Juvenile literature, Ancient Mathematics, Biography, Arc measures, Mathematics, juvenile literature, Greece, biography, Greece, juvenile literature

People: Eratosthenes

Places: Earth, Greece