Alfeld, Peter. Eratosthenes of Cyrene. 02-Jun-1998. ... "Eratosthenes." Encarta Online Deluxe. 1999 . ... "Eratosthenes of Cyrene." Discovering World History. 2000...
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alexandrias.tripod.com/bibliography.htm
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How Eratosthenes measured the diameter of Earth. (Taken from Cambridge Latin Course pg. 157) ... "At noon, when Eratosthenes had calculated that the sun was directly overhead in Syene, he measured the length of the shadow of an object in Alexandria. From this he could calculate the angle A between the sun's rays and...
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APPENDICES; Appendix 1: On the Measurement of the Earth 263; Appendix 2: Testimonia for the Life of Eratosthenes 268; Appendix 3: Lengths of Measurement 271; Bibliography 275; Index of Passages Cited 281; General Index 289;
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; Eratosthenes; Eratosthenes was born in Cyrene which is now in Libya in North Africa. His teachers included the scholar Lysanias of Cyrene and the philosopher Ariston of Chios who had studied under Zeno, the founder of the Stoic school of philosophy. Bibliography; About Eratosthenes; Word Count: 691;
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Biography of Eratosthenes of Cyrene; 1,295 words, approx. 4 pages; ... Eratosthenes was one of the great thinkers of ancient Greece whose accomplishments included accurately measuring the Earth's circumference and discovering a simple method for finding prime numbers. In addition to his contributions in mathematics,...
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www.bookrags.com/Eratosthenes
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(IAU Directions) ERATOSTHENES.--A noble ring-plain, 38 miles in diameter; a worthy termination of the Apennines. The best view of it is obtained under morning illumination when the interior is about half-filled with shadow.
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The interactive applet on this page illustrates the Sieve of Eratosthenes. There are also links and information about Eratosthenes of Cyrene ... What is the Sieve of Eratosthenes?
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www.math.utah.edu/~alfeld/Eratosthenes.html
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Eratosthenes also determined the obliquity of the Ecliptic, measured the tilt of the earth's axis with great accuracy obtaining the value of 23° 51' 15", prepared a star map containing 675 stars, suggested that a leap day be added every fourth year and tried to construct an accurately-dated history.
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www.eranet.gr/eratosthenes/html/eoc.html
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Eratosthenes (276 BC-194 BC) ... Eratosthenes of Cyrene ... Eratosthenes was a Greek mathematician who is famous for his work on prime numbers and for measuring the diameter of the earth...
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www-groups.dcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians...
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