Circumference Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe

Innbundet • 2008 • Engelsk

Circumference Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe

Av Nicholas Nicastro

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How do you measure the size of the planet you’re standing on? “Circumference" is the story of what happened when one man asked himself that very question. Nicholas Nicastro brings to life one of history's greatest experiments when an ancient Greek named Eratosthenes first accurately determined the distance around the spherical earth. In this fascinating narrative history, Nicastro takes a look at a deceptively simple but stunning achievement made by one man, millennia ago, with only the simple...Vis mer

ISBN

9780312372477

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Macmillan

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2008

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Engelsk

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Circumference Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe

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