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To: elmatador who wrote (75642)	6/25/2011 11:04:32 AM
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Do you think that any greek cities will be holding a WIKNIK Today? en.wikipedia.org Probably not....therefore let us celebrate a Greek. EratosthenesFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaJump to: navigation, search This article is about the Greek scholar of the third century BC. For the ancient Athenian statesman of the fifth century BC, see Eratosthenes (statesman). Eratosthenes (??at?s?????) Portrait of Eratosthenes Born 276 BC Cyrene Died 194 BC Capital of Ptolemaic Egypt Occupation Epic poet, librarian, scholar, inventor Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Ancient Greek: ??at?s?????, IPA: [eratost?én??s]; English: /?r?'t?s??ni?z/; c. 276 BC[1] – c. 195 BC[2]) was a Greek mathematician, elegiac poet, athlete, geographer, astronomer, and music theorist. He was the first person to use the word "geography" and invented the discipline of geography as we understand it.[3] He invented a system of latitude and longitude. He was the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth by using a measuring system using stades, or the length of stadiums during that time period (with remarkable accuracy). He was the first to calculate the tilt of the Earth's axis (also with remarkable accuracy). He may also have accurately calculated the distance from the earth to the sun and invented the leap day.[4] He also created a map of the world based on the available geographical knowledge of the era. In addition, Eratosthenes was the founder of scientific chronology; he endeavored to fix the dates of the chief literary and political events from the conquest of Troy. According to an entry[5] in the Suda (a 10th century reference), his contemporaries nicknamed him beta, from the second letter of the Greek alphabet, because he supposedly proved himself to be the second best in the world in almost every field.[6]