Title: The librarian who measured the earth
First published: 1994
Description: A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
Subjects: Ancient Geography, Astronomers, Astronomy, Greek, Biography, Fiction, Figure, Geographers, Geography, Ancient, Greek Astronomy, Juvenile Fiction, Juvenile literature, Measurement, Earth (planet), figure, Astronomy, juvenile literature, Geographers, greece, Earth (planet), New York Times reviewed
Places: Earth, Greece
People: Eratosthenes
LC classification: QB36.E73 L37 1994