<history of philosophy, biography> African mathematician (276-197 B.C.) who discovered a method for identifying prime numbers and calculated the circumference of the earth. Eratosthenes served for several decades as head of the famous Greek library at Alexandria. Recommended Reading: P. M. Fraser, Eratosthenes of Cyrene (Oxford, 1972).
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