Lasky, Kathryn.

The librarian who measured the earth / Kathryn Lasky ; illustrated by Kevin Hawkes. - 1st ed. - Boston : Joy Street Books, c1994. - 48 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 48).

Describes the life and work of Eratosthenes, the Greek geographer and astronomer who accurately measured the circumference of the Earth.

ISBN: 0316515264 : $16.95 (20.95 in Canada)

LCCN: 92042656

Subjects--Personal Names:
Eratosthenes.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Astronomy, Greek.
Geography, Ancient.
Geographers--Biography.--Greece
Astronomers--Biography.--Greece
Geographers.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Earth--Figure--Measurement.
Earth.

LC Class. No.: QB36.E73 / L37 1994

Dewey Class. No.: 520/.92 B