(August 16, 2019 at 12:09 pm)LastPoet Wrote:(August 16, 2019 at 8:25 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: Eratosthenes
The first person to determine the size of Earth was Eratosthenes of Cyrene, who produced a surprisingly good measurement using a simple scheme that combined geometrical calculations with physical observations. Eratosthenes was born around 276 B.C., which is now Shahhat, Libya. He studied in Athens at the Lyceum.Jun 21, 2006
This Month in Physics History - American Physical Society
https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews...istory.cfm
Thats the guy. Drawed a blank, might be the onset of alzheimers. One of the few greeks that actually done something instead of thinking about thinking.
I ask Google the tough questions, like "where are my glasses?" Or "where is the bathroom?"
