scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5677687

MaRDI QIDQ3407717zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Klaus Kohl

Publication date 4 March 2010

zbMATH Keywords

Erathostenesperimeter of the Earth

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) History of geophysics (86-03)

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• Eratosthenes on the ``Measurement of the Earth

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