Eratosthenes And his Work Today
Although the accomplishments of Eratosthenes are known, you must decide for yourself how important they were. He did many remarkable things for the time period; however, the technology of today proves the measurements of the distances in space to be wrong and allows us to easily generate tons of prime numbers without going step by step through the process required in the sieve. On the other hand, he is still recognized today for all his work and at the time was one of the smartest mathematicians, geographers, and scientists. There are many questions that one can ask about Eratosthenes and his work such as:
- How important were Eratosthenes discoveries?
- Is it still important to be learning about Eratosthenes today?
- How did his work change the views on math and science at the time?
- How did his work reflect the values of the time?
- What was Eratosthenes greatest accomplishment?
- How did his discoveries add to the culture and knowledge that the Greeks passed on to other cultures?
- Why do people today care about the discoveries that Eratosthenes made?
- How can we take what we know and what we observe and use the information in geography and math?
