cistalk - Fwd: Math talk
Professor Yedidyah Langsam
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From: Lise Augustin <LISE.AU...@bcmail.cuny.edu>
Date: April 13, 2024 at 11:26:14 PM EDT
To: "Dr. Yedidyah Langsam" <lan...@sci.brooklyn.cuny.edu>
Subject: Math talk
Hi professor,
I hope that you are doing well. The math club will host its last event of the semester in collaboration with the Classic Society on April 16, 2024, and I would appreciate it if you could help us share this information with the CS department.
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Time: 12:30 pm - 2: 00 pm
Location: Boylan Hall 2405
Speaker: Professor Philip Thibodeau
Title: Measuring the Earth with Eratosthenes of Cyrene
Abstract: The first scientific estimate of the size of the earth was made by the Greek scholar Eratosthenes of Cyrene. How did he make his calculations? And how did he manage to get so close to the correct answer? This lecture will answer those questions, in addition to relating Eratosthenes' project to his other achievements as a geographer, geometer, mathematician, and poet.
Thank you for your help and support.
Best,
Lise Augustin
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