Biography of Famous Mathematicians Eratosthenes

Eratosthenes of Cyrene: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Polymath Early Life and Education:Eratosthenes, born around 276 BC in Cyrene (modern-day Shahhat, Libya), was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer, and scholar. Little is known about his early life and education, but he likely received his initial education in Cyrene before studying in Athens, the intellectual center of the ancient Greek world. Eratosthenes studied […]