Most of the text is simply a shortened version of kathryn laskys text. This book uses rich and vibrant illustrations to tell the story of greek philosopher and mathematician eratosthenes, who was the first person to measure the. C though he was in fact a librarian, he is famous for his scientific accomplishments. Start studying the librarian who measured the earth 1. The following text is for tailored for reading aloud to. Since the greek, eratosthenes, calculated the circumference of the earth approximately 200 years before the birth of jesus it stands to reason at least some people. Nonfiction this book describes eratosthenes life and inventions. A colorfully illustrated biography of the greek philosopher and scientist eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and. Explore the topic further by viewing a pbs earth day video or a short nbc video on the history of earth day, or by browsing the many resources on the sustainable works website or the earth day network.
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A perfect companion for those interested in learning more about mathematicians, scientists, and ancient greece. Finally, using methods over my head, eratosthenes determined the earths circumference at 24,662 miles, just two hundred miles off the correct figure. This colorfully illustrated biography of the greek philosopher and scientist eratosthenes follows his life as he becomes alexandria s chief librarian, writes the. A colorfully illustrated biography of the greek philosopher and scientist eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globes circumference. Then an idea came to eratosthenes, he thought of using a gnomon, a vertical verge. She tells the story of eratosthenes, the ancient greek librarian who figured out how to calculate the circumference of the earth by a sophisticated process involving.
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Students trace the people and events that brought forth liberty. His questions finally led him to invent a way to measure the earth. It shows how a library can be the perfect place for curious people to gather information and think and how interdisciplinary thinking and learning is important. The following text is for tailored for reading aloud to delta. The librarian who measured the earth kindle edition by lasky, kathryn, hawkes, kevin. Lasky pens this colorfully illustrated biography of the greek philosopher and scientist eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globes circumference. The librarian who measured the earth kathryn lasky. In an authors note, lasky explains that since there is little extant documentation pertaining to eratosthenes himself. When the sun was overhead in alexandria at noon, eratosthenes measured the angle between the stick and the suns rays. This book describes eratosthenes life and inventions and includes color illustrations.
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