Houghton Mifflin Reading: The Nation's Choice: Houghton Mifflin Reading: The Nation's Choice : Theme Paperbacks, Below-Level Grade 6 Theme 4 - The Librarian Who Measured the Earth (Paperback)

from maryanntherese

The story of Eratosthenes, the librarian of Alexandria who accurately measured the circumferrence of the earth in the third century BC. This is a very short story which can be read in one sitting.

from themulhern

Somewhat over inspirational biography of Eratosthenes. There are really nice illustrations of Eratosthenes technique for estimating the circumference of the earth, however. Also a new word, "betamist". A betamist is an especially trained walker, whose paces can be used to calculate distances. Ale...

from RebeccaE

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth is a picture book about an ancient Greek mathematician and geographer. The story starts off with a cute description of Eratosthenes as a baby and soon becomes complex as it describes how he calculated the circumference of the earth. It's a noble effort to atte...

from root.katy

Beautifully illustrated book that celebrates the life and times of a curious mind. Kathryn Lasky was fascinated by Eratosthenes, a librarian who lived over two thousand years ago. Because of the incredible amount of information written by classical historians and historians of science, she was ab...

from SJeanneM

Great book for children in the 8-10 age range. Not so great for younger children. This book tells the story of the first person to write a complete geography book and how he figured out the measurements without the modern tools we have today. Great book that points out the good things about askin...