Classical History

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A Man called ‘Beta’ Clay Lane

For a perennial ‘runner-up’, Eratosthenes had a peculiar knack of being first.

Eratosthenes (c. 276 - c. 195/194 BC) was a man of many talents, which earned him the scorn of lesser men. But he is rightly revered today as one of the giants of science.

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