Eratosthenes Biography by Olivia Cardona https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor en-us 2019-03-12 19:00:09 UTC 2019-03-20 18:08:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Growing.png Eratosthenes D.O.B + D.O.D. ocardona4 https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/340611163 D.O.B= 276 BC in Cyrene , North Africa
D.O.D= 194 BC in Alexandria, Egypt
]]> 2019-03-12 19:48:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/340611163 Backstory ocardona4 https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/341028779 Eratosthenes was an astronomer, geographer and mathematician. He lived and worked most his life in the city of Alexandria in Egypt.  ]]> 2019-03-13 18:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/341028779 Why was he famous? ocardona4 https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/341494587 Eratosthenes is most famous for making the first accurate measurement of the earths circumference sometime around 240 B.C. ]]> 2019-03-14 18:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/341494587 Famous quote ocardona4 https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/341496442 ¨ It is no longer necessary to inquire as to the cause overflow of the Nile, since we know definitely that men have come to the sources of the Nile and have observed the rains there.¨ Eratosthenes
This means that people were trying to find out how the Nile river was overflowing and they used it as a resource.
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  • Eratosthenes produced the first map of the world featuring meridian lines and parallel lines.
  • Eratosthenes called himself ´philologos´ which means lover of learning.
    • ]]>     2019-03-14 19:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/341509753     Who? ocardona4 https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/341813084 Eratosthenes]]> 2019-03-15 15:40:24 UTC https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/341813084 Works Cited ocardona4 https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/342584759 “Eratosthenes.” Eratosthenes - Windows to the Universe, He National Earth Science Teachers Association, www.windows2universe.org/people/ancient_epoch/eratosthenes.html&edu=high.

    “Home.” Famous Scientists, 21 June 2014, www.famousscientists.org/eratosthenes/.

    https://libquotes.com/eratosthenes/quote/lbs2v8i

    “Eratosthenes of Cyrene.” Eratosthenes (276 BC-194 BC), School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland, Jan. 1991, www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Eratosthenes.html.]]>     2019-03-18 19:25:50 UTC https://padlet.com/ocardona4/i1qvqwhjzeor/wish/342584759