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Mathematics
Life
100
Name all 3 professions he had?
Astronomer, Mathematician, and Scholar
100
What is the name of the method he created?
The Sieve Method
100
What year was Eratosthenes born in?
276bc
200
What was he the first to measure?
The size of the Earth
200
What was his method for?
Finding prime numbers?
200
Where was Eratosthenes born?
Cyrene
300
How many books did he write?
2
300
What did he declare about the shape of the Earth?
That the Earth is round
300
Where did Eratosthenes work?
The Alexandria Library
400
What kind of theater genre did he write?
Ancient Comedy
400
At noon what did Eratosthenes know about the tilt of the Earth?
He knew that at noon the sun was at 23.5 degrees north
400
What college did Eratosthenes attend?
The University of Alexandria
500
What did he make so people wouldn't get confused?
A calender with the leap year
500
How many steps are needed to complete the Sieve Method?
5 steps
500
In what year did he die?
194bc