The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780316515269 (0316515264)
Pages no: 48
Edition language: English
Category:
Childrens,
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Science,
Juvenile,
Geography,
Picture Books,
Greece,
Mathematics
Eratosthenes was the chief librarian at the library in Alexandria and, like many men of his era, dabbled in philosophy, science and mathematics. This is a really surprisingly engaging narrative about the man who first calculated the circumference of the earth. I say surprising because complex math...
13 years ago
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