10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ERATOSTHENES»
Discover the use of
Eratosthenes in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Eratosthenes and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eratosthenes' "Geography"
"--Grant Parker, Stanford University "This edition is an extremely useful introduction to Eratosthenes and his work. The book is well conceived, well researched, and well executed, and it will benefit a wide range of scholars.
Eratosthenes, Duane W. Roller, 2010
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Circumference:
Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure ...
How do you measure the size of the planet you’re standing on? “Circumference" is the story of what happened when one man asked himself that very question.
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Measuring the Earth:
Eratosthenes and His Celestial Geometry
"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.
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Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece
Eratosthenes divided this 860-year period into 10 epochs, with events listed in
the form of chronological tables. Eratosthenes was eclectic in his approach to
philosophy. He received his training from the Platonist Arcesilaus and the Stoic ...
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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.
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Star myths of the Greeks and Romans: a sourcebook containing ...
Phanes (fa-nays) means "manifester" or "revealer", and is related to the Greek words "light" and "to shine forth".Phanes Press was founded in 1985 to publish quality books on the spiritual, philosophical, and cosmological traditions of the ...
Theony Condos, Eratosthenes, Hyginus, 1997
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An Introduction to Sieve Methods and Their Applications
Eratosthenes (276-194 BCE) was the director of the famous library of Alexandria.
The sieve of Eratosthenes was first described in the work of Nicomedes (280-210
BCE), entitled Introduction to Arithmetic. The form of the sieve of Eratosthenes ...
Alina Carmen Cojocaru, M. Ram Murty, 2006
One is Eratosthenes, a learned man of the third century B.C., contemporary of
Archimedes, and best known for being the first to measure the circumference of
the earth. Eratosthenes was not only an astronomer and geographer but also ...
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The Murder of Herodes: And Other Trials from the Athenian ...
IV ON THE KILLING OF ERATOSTHENES THE SEDUCER Speech written for the
defendant, by Lysias. Exact date unknown: some time between 400 and 3808.0.
The defendant's name is Euphiletus. The dead man's name is Eratosthenes.
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Famous Problems and Their Mathematicians
They also knew the size of the earth, thanks to the ancient Greek mathematician
Eratosthenes (c. 276-195 B.C.). In his book On the Measurement of the Earth
Eratosthenes even showed how he calculated the size of the earth. Eratosthenes
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ERATOSTHENES»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Eratosthenes is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Space Club of the school organised Summer Solstice workshop giving hands on experience on the experiments of Eratosthenes, a Greek ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
School students try out Greek astronomer's experiment
According to the press note, it was an experiment conducted by Greek mathematician and astronomer Eratosthenes, nearly 2,300 years ago. «The Hindu, Jun 15»
Philippe Starck in conversation with Maurice Lévy: 'Design chose …
PS: Obviously Leonardo da Vinci, who is the great designer, but greater than him there was Eratosthenes, who in 205BC measured the ... «The Drum, Jun 15»
Father's Day Thoughts On the Summer Solstice and the Minimum …
Like other Greek astronomers and scholars at the time, Eratosthenes (276-195 B.C.), the head of the famous Library at Alexandria in Ptolemaic ... «The Weekly Standard, Jun 15»
June 19. 2015
0240 BC - Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the Earth using two sticks. 1586 - English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, ... «KALW, Jun 15»
Renaissance man emerged from shadows
Eratosthenes was born in 276BC in Cyrene, a city founded by the Greeks in North Africa, now part of Libya. He studied in Athens and became a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
Thursday June 11, 2015
1184 BC – Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. 1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine ... «KALW, Jun 15»
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Eratosthenes had made a very good estimate of the Earth's diameter as early as the third century BC. And yet, whether people continue to ... «Jerusalem Post Israel News, Jun 15»
Build a 3D printed sundial capable of taking us back, appreciating …
... the sun, I would really encourage reading about Eratosthenes and how he calculated the circumference of the earth back around the 200BC!” ... «3ders.org, May 15»
Students in Bhopal brave noontime heat, measure earth's …
Students in Bhopal calculate the Earth's circumference by repeating Greek mathematician Eratosthenes's experiment conducted over two ... «Hindustan Times, May 15»
