Eratosthenes Astronomers Biography People and Society


Brief information on Eratosthenes, including when and where he was born, as well as later historians that followed up on his work of the stars.








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Eratosthenes

  • Eratosthenes of Cyrene - Biography of the mathematician, geographer and astronomer born 276 BC astronomers in Cyrene, North Africa (now Shahhat, Libya). From The MacTutor astronomers History of Mathematics archive.
  • The Eratosthenes Project - Gives information about the techniques and computations used by this astronomers ancient mathematician to find the circumference of the earth. astronomers Includes sample sketch and reconstructed map of the world.
  • Wikipedia - Eratosthenes - Brief article covers his life and work. Includes links for biography further reading.
  • Eratho - Brief information on Eratosthenes, including when and where he was eratosthenes born, as well as later historians that followed up on eratosthenes his work of the stars.


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