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2 - Eratosthenes

March 27, 2020 • Alexis Fenton & Christian Behrend • Season 1 • Episode 2

Eratosthenes (which we WILL mispronounce a few times) was a well-rounded researcher. He made significant contributions to society, including creating a new field of study, and helped shaped the way we see the world today.

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2"Eratosthenes of Cyrene". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2015. Web. 11 Oct. 2015

3“Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276-194 BC).” http://www.eranet.gr/eratosthenes/html/eoc.html

5“Measuring the Circumference of the Earth.” Cynthia Stokes Brown. Ways of Knowing: Our Solar System and Earth. Web.

6“Maps and Geography.” Ken Jennings. Simon and Schuster, 2014.

7“Eratosthenes.” Famous Mathematicians. http://famous-mathematicians.org/eratosthenes/

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-90-481-9091-1_23

https://www.ancient.eu/Eratosthenes/

https://www.ancient.eu/article/207/what-happened-to-the-great-library-at-alexandria/