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Author
Lasky, Kathryn, author
Title
The librarian who measured the earth / Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes
Edition
First edition
Published
Boston : Joy Street Books, [1994]
Boston ; London : Little, Brown and Company, 1994
©1994
©1994
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W'PONDS CRC
520.92 Eratos Las/Lwm
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Description
48 pages : colour illustrations ; 29 cm
Summary
Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth
Bibliography
Bibliography: page 48
Audience
For children
Notes
American Library Association Notable Children's Book 1995
Subject
Eratosthenes -- Juvenile literature.
SUBJECT
Eratosthenes. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82081073
Subject
Astronomers -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Astronomy, Greek -- Juvenile literature.
Geographers -- Greece -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Geography, Ancient -- Juvenile literature.
Geographers.
SUBJECT
Earth (Planet) -- Figure http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040434 -- Measurement http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006406 -- Juvenile literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
Earth (Planet) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85040427
Genre/Form
Biographies.
Author
Hawkes, Kevin, illustrator
Juvenile Collection
LC no.
92042656
ISBN
0316515264
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