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#171064 - Ptolemy and Eratosthenes... Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Richard said:
This is not a philosphers' site and the members and visitors might lack the knowlege of philosophy. Every ingeneer having successfully passed his education at school and university has learned about the overwhelming Greeks' influence on natural sciences. And this forum would really be a sad place if we would only discuss electronic issues... Ptolemy was stating that the earth is the center of universe, wasn't he? On the other hand, it was Eratosthenes, who was the first calculating the circumference of the earth, by analyzing the shadows of two wells! Kai Klaas |