15  THE SHADOWS OF
      ALEXANDRIA
 
AWARDS
DIRECTOR
Beau Janzen
Premiered at Siggraph Electronic Theater 1995; Premio Immagine '95, Milan; Orropas 95 Computer Animation Festival, Tokyo; Machida Museum Computer Animation Show, 1996, Tokyo; "SuperQuark", Italian Public Television, 1996; "Metropolis", Television Espanola, 1996
PRODUCER
Beau Janzen
CONTRIBUTORS
Read by Tina Janzen
Post Production - Silicon Studios, Santa Monica CA., and Mist Media, Toluca Lake, CA.
SOFTWARE
Maya and Composer of Alias/Wavefront
HARDWARE
MUSIC
Silicon Graphics
Chuck Burgess, Reel Sound Prod.
CONTACT
Beau Janzen
Fathom Educational Design
4211 Laurel Canyon Blvd. 216
Studio City, CA 91604, USA

Tel: +1.818.769.0926
Fax: +1.213.467.3583
beau@kwcc.com

SUMMARY
This piece describes how in the third century b.c., Eratosthenes was able to very accurately estimate the circumference of the earth by measuring the shadows cast in different cities.
© 1996-2013 Last modified: 23.04.2013 --- Konrad Polthier --- Freie Universität Berlin, Germany