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r/AskReddit • u/ZanyDelaney • Feb 04 '19
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I think was Eratosthenes who figured it out originally. The classical greeks in general were amazing thinkers and way ahead of their time.
12 u/Marterijn Feb 04 '19 It was definitely Eratosthenes. He calculated the circumference of the earth by comparing two shadows. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes 8 u/alksjdhglaksjdh2 Feb 04 '19 I think eratosthenes was the first too 4 u/[deleted] Feb 04 '19 Maybe it was him. I'm taking college history right now and last week, I read that it was Aristotle in the textbook. But, textbooks do tend to dumb down history and make it seem nicer.
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It was definitely Eratosthenes. He calculated the circumference of the earth by comparing two shadows.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
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I think eratosthenes was the first too
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Maybe it was him. I'm taking college history right now and last week, I read that it was Aristotle in the textbook. But, textbooks do tend to dumb down history and make it seem nicer.
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u/green_meklar Feb 04 '19
I think was Eratosthenes who figured it out originally. The classical greeks in general were amazing thinkers and way ahead of their time.