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Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea

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Condition: Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ... Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Book Title: Flat Earth: The History of an Infamous Idea

Genre: History of science

ISBN: 9780330432894

Publication Year: 2008

Type: Textbook

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publication Name: Flat Earth: the History of an Infamous Idea

Item Height: 197mm

Author: Christine Garwood

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Item Width: 131mm

Subject: Science, Astronomy

Item Weight: 331g

Number of Pages: 448 Pages

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Contrary to popular belief, fostered in countless school classrooms the world over, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the world was round. The idea of the world as a sphere had been widely accepted in scientific, philosophical and even religious circles from as early as the fourth century bc. Bizarrely, it was not until the supposedly more rational nineteenth century that the notion that the world might actually be flat really took hold. Even more bizarrely, it persists to this day. Based on a range of original sources, Garwood's history of flat-earth beliefs - from the Babylonians to the present day - raises issues central to the history and philosophy of science, its relationship with religion and the making of human knowledge about the natural world. Flat Earth is the first definitive study of one of history's most notorious and persistent ideas, and evokes all the intellectual, philosophical and spiritual turmoil of the modern age. 'Highly entertaining and often hilarious ...an enjoyable romp through the dottier history of scientific and religious eccentricity' Sunday Times 'This entertaining history of the Flat Earth movement is full of crazy characters and fascinating details' Daily Telegraph 'Wonderful . ..an intriguing chronicle of 150 years of self- delusion' Financial Times

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Pan Macmillan

ISBN-13

9780330432894

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Author

Christine Garwood

Publication Name

Flat Earth: the History of an Infamous Idea

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Subject

Science, Astronomy

Publication Year

2008

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

448 Pages

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Item Height

197mm

Item Width

131mm

Item Weight

331g

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Christine Garwood

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United Kingdom

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