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1 online resource |
Contents |
Cover -- titlepage -- copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- AncientSources -- Journals -- Illustrations -- Tables -- Preface -- 1 Historical Background -- 1.1 The Sources -- 1.2 Eratosthenes, The Man -- 1.3 Alexandria -- 1.4 Greek Astronomical Thought Before The Time Of Eratosthenes -- 2 The Experiment -- 2.1 Eratosthenes' Experiment -- 2.2 Eratosthenes' Sundial -- 2.3 Time And The Solstices In Ancient Egypt And Greece -- 2.4 Ancient Egyptian And Greek Sundials To The Time Of Eratosthenes -- 2.5 A Replica Of Eratosthenes' Skaphe -- 3 The Analysis -- 3.1 The Angle |
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3.2 Errors In Eratosthenes' Methodology -- 4 The Stade -- 4.1 The Size Of The Stade -- 4.2 Previous Estimates Of The Size Of Eratosthenes' Stade -- 5 The Re-Examination -- 5.1 Eratosthenes And The 180 m Stade -- 5.2 The 180 m Stade And The Circumference Of The Earth -- 6 The Circumference -- 6.1 The Accuracy Of Eratosthenes' Circumference -- 6.2 Eratosthenes' Legacy -- References -- Ancient and Medieval Sources -- Modern Sources -- Index |
Summary |
Eratosthenes and the Measurement of the Earth's Circumference (c.230 BC) is an innovative and thought-provoking examination of one of the pivotal moments in the history of science. This text analyses a debate that has been going on for more than 2,300 years over the accuracy of Eratosthenes' experiment and calculations |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2023) |
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Eratosthenes.
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Eratosthenes. fast (OCoLC)fst00093994 |
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Arc measures.
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Mathematics, Ancient.
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Arc measures.
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Mathematics, Ancient.
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History of science.
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Science.
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Earth (Planet) -- Figure -- Measurement
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Earth (Planet)
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9780198874300 |
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0198874308 |
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9780191986727 |
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0191986720 |
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