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Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe by Nicholas Nicastro

Circumference: Eratosthenes and the Ancient Quest to Measure the Globe

Nicholas Nicastro

240 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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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...

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