Monday, January 1, 2001

Eratosthenes calculates Earth's circumference (by Carl Sagan)

In the 3rd century BCE, Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth to high precision.This is a short segment from the series Cosmos by the late Carl Sagan. The most poetic popularizer of science in the 20th century.

Beautiful Maltese islands
(diaporama-video Dailymotion)