Measuring the Earth
Subtitle: Eratosthenes and his celestial geometry
By: Mary Gow.
Series: Great minds of ancient science and math
Publisher: Enslow
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766031203
Subjects: Eratosthenes -- Juvenile literature; Mathematicians -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Astronomers -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Arc measures -- Juvenile literature; Mathematics, Ancient -- Juvenile literature; Mathematics, Greek -- Juvenile literature; Earth -- Figure -- Measurement -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Pentathlos"; title: Boy from Cyrene; title: Alexandria; title: Measuring the Earth; title: Geography; title: Mathematician; title: Time, poems, plays, and stars; title: Legacy; title: Activities; title: Chronology.