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Having fun with probability models (literature.cafe)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yes, Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the Earth "with an error on the real value between โˆ’2.4% and +0.8%", probably sometime between 250-200 BC (his adult life - I don't think we know the exact date when he published his work).