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Simon Mitton
In this blog on the history of discovering the science of the Earth as a physical object I begin in antiquity with the philosopher Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276–194 BCE). He became first enquirer to arrive at a truly spectacular evidence-based result in Earth science: an estimate of the size of the Earth. An all-round scholar, […]
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Simon Mitton
In this blog on the history of discovering the science of the Earth as a physical object I begin in antiquity with the philosopher Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276–194 BCE). He became first enquirer to arrive at a truly spectacular evidence-based result in Earth science: an estimate of the size of the Earth. An all-round scholar, […]
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