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How did the Greeks figure out the size and shape of the earth nearly 2000 years before Columbus?
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They did it with clear and brilliant thinking, and by applying concepts from astronomy and geometry. They figured out how to do some triangulations that gave them basic measurements from which to estimate earth's over-all dimensions.
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