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Author Matthew, Christopher Anthony, author

Title Eratosthenes and the Measurement of the Earth's Circumference (c. 230 BC) / Christopher A. Matthew
Published Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]

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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
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)
Subject Eratosthenes.
SUBJECT Eratosthenes. fast (OCoLC)fst00093994
Subject Arc measures.
Mathematics, Ancient.
Arc measures.
Mathematics, Ancient.
History of science.
Science.
SUBJECT Earth (Planet) -- Figure -- Measurement
Subject Earth (Planet)
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780198874300
0198874308
9780191986727
0191986720