``Eratosthenes' measurement of the Earth reconsidered

DOI10.1007/BF00387726MaRDI QIDQ685235zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Jacques Dutka

Publication date 7 March 1995

Published in Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

Greek astronomyPhilip MorrisonPosidonius

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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