Imagine this - Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: born in the - TopicsExpress



          

Imagine this - Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: born in the 3rd Century B.C. c. 276 BC – c. 195/194 BC) was a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He is best known for being the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth... The Circumference - the linear distance around the edge of a closed curve or circular object. (from Wikipedia) and then, sadly... the flat-earth error flourished most between 1870 and 1920, and had to do with the ideological setting created by struggles over evolution.[
Posted on: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 22:11:43 +0000

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