Cleomedes and the Measurement of the Earth: A Question of Procedures

DOI10.1111/J.1600-0498.2003.450106.XMaRDI QIDQ4451278zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Alan C. Bowen

Publication date 23 February 2004

Published in Centaurus (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0498.2003.450106.x

zbMATH Keywords

EratosthenesPosidoniusCleomedes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophical and critical aspects of logic and foundations (03A05) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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