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Eratosthenes was (IMO) pretty amazing in the range of interests and accomplishments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Er
by kkylin 3y ago
Eratosthenes was (IMO) pretty amazing in the range of interests and accomplishments: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
His name came up recently on another post on a very different topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37236099 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37236099
- politelemon 3y agoI had always associated him with the earth's measurement and didn't know the others. It was great reading through all the other things this person had done in his time including mapping the known world, and the prime number sieve. A truly fascinating polymath, it must have been so satisfying to identify previously unsolved problems, and come up with a solution for them that were more or less 'good enough'. I wonder what he would have made of the way we are today, or if he were born in this era, what kinds of problems he'd have identified that needed solving.
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