The Librarian Who Measured the Earth
- ISBN-10
- 0618062823
- ISBN-13
- 9780618062829
- Category
- Education
- Pages
- 48
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000-09-11
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin School
- Authors
- Kathryn Lasky, Kevin Hawkes
Description
Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth.
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- 2008-11-16
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- Paperback
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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- 1994-09
- 48 pages
- Paperback
- Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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