Eratosthenes and Pliny, Greek geometry and Roman follies

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2010-06-13

arxiv.org/abs/1006.2504v2

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Supportive attitudes can bring to a blossoming science, while neglect can
quickly make science absent from everyday life and provide a very primitive
view of the world. We compare one important Greek achievement, the computation
of the earth meridian by Eratosthenes, to its later interpretation by the Roman
historian of science Pliny.

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