The Claymore and Slappy Show

Eratosthenes: the original beta male


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In a very special episode of the Claymore and Slappy show, Slappy (Jess Thursday) tells her friend Claymore about her favorite librarian, the famous Eratosthenes of the Library of Alexandria. He was sort of good at so much stuff his friends called him Beta. Slappy can really relate to this.

Some references:

Bagnell, Roger. 2002. “Alexandria: Library of Dreams.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 146 (4) : 348-362 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1558311

Carman, Christian Carlos & J. Evans. 2015. “The Two Earths of Eratosthenes.” Isis 106 (1) : 1-16 https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/681034
 
Connors, Catherine. 2011. “Eratosthenes, Strabo and the Geographer's Gaze.” Pacific Coast Philology 46 (2) : 139-152. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41851022

Mark, Joshua. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/Eratosthenes/ March 3, 2022
 
Posamentier, Alfred & C. Spreitzer. 2020. Math Makers. Prometheus Books. p. 39-43
 
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. “Arcesilaus.” https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/arcesilaus/#SkepMethDoct January 14, 2005.
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