Look up: Eratosthenes

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   Eratosthenes
   Eratosthenes was an ancient Greek geographer and mathematician.
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   Eratosthenes
   [n] - Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the moon and sun (276-194 BC)
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   Eratosthenes
   Around 230BC developed a method for finding all prime numbers. See also: Prime Numbers.
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   Eratosthenes
   Definition (keystage 1) A Greek mathematician (born c.230 BC).<br /> Particularly famous for his method of finding primes (Eratosthenes' Sieve).
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   Eratosthenes
   Definition (keystage 1) Eratosthenes<br /> c 275-194 BC<br /> Greek mathematician and astronomer from Cyrene, who is well known for making an ingenious estimate of the Earth's circumference, and for his work on prime numbers.
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   Eratosthenes
   noun Greek mathematician and astronomer who estimated the circumference of the earth and the distances to the moon and sun (276-194 BC)
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   Eratosthenes
   `Eratosthenes of Cyrene` (Greek ; 276 BC - 194 BC) was a Greek mathematician, poet, athlete, geographer and astronomer. His contemporaries nicknamed him `beta` (Greek for `number two`) because he supposedly proved himself to be the second in the ancient Mediterranean region in many fields. He is noted for devising a system of latitude and longitude, and for being the first known to have calculated the circumference of the Earth. He also created a...
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   Eratosthenes
   Eratosthenes (erutos'thunēz) , c.275–c.195 B.C., Greek scholar, b. Cyrene. A pupil of Callimachus in Athens, he became (c.240 B.C.) head of the library at Alexandria. Known for his versatility, he wrote poetry and works (most of them lost) on literature, the theater (notably on ancie...
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