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Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe
Circumference Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe
Author: Nicholas Nicastro
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. ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312372477
ISBN-10: 0312372477
Publication Date: 11/25/2008
Pages: 240
Edition: 1st
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Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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