Eratosthenes of Cyrene

Dietmar Herrmann ()

Chapter Chapter 13 in Ancient Mathematics, 2022, pp 223-230 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Eratosthenes (Fig. 13.1) (΄Ερατοσϑένης ὁ Κυρηναῖος) from Kyrene (today Shahat/Libya) lived from 273-192 BC and was a contemporary and correspondent of Archimedes for the Alexandrian mathematicians.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-66494-0_13

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