Item Detail Information
Measuring the Earth : Eratosthenes and his celestial geometry
Measuring the Earth : Eratosthenes and his celestial geometry
-- Eratosthenes and his celestial geometry
Rate This Title  
Copies
0 Total copies, 0 Copies are in, 0 Copies are out.
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.
  • Share It:
  • Pinterest
Authors
Gow, Mary
Subjects
Eratosthenes
Mathematicians--Greece--Biography.
Astronomers--Greece--Biography.
Earth--Figure--Measurement.
Arc measures.
Mathematics, Ancient.
Mathematics, Greek.
Language
English
Series
Great minds of ancient science and math
Dimensions
25 cm.