Eratosthenes, The Mapmaker Who Was The First

Eratosthenes, The Mapmaker Who Was The First Man To Accurately Measure The Size Of The Earth, Was A Librarian.

As Jeopardy Devotees Know, If You're Trying To Win On The Show, The Buzzer Is All. On Any Given Night, Nearly All The Contestants Know Nearly All The Answers, So It's Just A Matter Of Who Masters Buzzer Rhythm The Best.

Arthur Jay Klinghoffer, A Professor Of Political Science At Rutgers University, Has Argued That Geography Seems Less Relevant Than Ever In A World Where Nonstate Actors -- Malleable Entities Like Ethnicities, For Example -- Are As Powerful And Important As The Ones With Governments And Borders. Where On A Map Can You Point To Al-qaeda? Or Google, Or Wal-mart? Everywhere And Nowhere.

I Have Always Loved Maps.

It's Boring To Have The Same Guy Win. I'm Actively Rooting Against Myself.