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If you study the context and development of Greek culture, astronomy, and mathematics, a good case can be made that if it wasn't Eratosthenes, it was another Gr
by andrewprock 3y ago
If you study the context and development of Greek culture, astronomy, and mathematics, a good case can be made that if it wasn't Eratosthenes, it was another Greek astronomer.
- willis936 3y agoBabylonians got pretty far from what we can tell. We don't really know how far.
- andrewprock 3y agoDo you have any sources which discuss this? From what I can tell the Babylonians were really good at mapping the night sky and tracking the positions of the planets and when they reached various waypoints. I hadn't heard of them trying to estimate the relative sizes of the various celestial objects.