Flat earth : the history of an infamous idea /
Garwood, Christine.
Flat earth : the history of an infamous idea / Christine Garwood. - 1st Thomas Dunne Books ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008. - xii, 436 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) and index.
The Columbus blunder -- Surveying the Earth -- A public sensation -- The infamous flat-Earth wager -- Trials and tribulations -- Lady Blount and the new zetetics -- Flat-Earth utopia -- Man on the moon? -- The view from the edge -- The Californian connection -- Epilogue -- Myths and meanings -- Appendix -- Abbreviations.
0312382081 (alk. paper) 9780312382087 (alk. paper)
2008018431
Errors, Scientific.
Geodesy--History.
Earth (Planet)--Figure.
Flat earth : the history of an infamous idea / Christine Garwood. - 1st Thomas Dunne Books ed. - New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008. - xii, 436 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) and index.
The Columbus blunder -- Surveying the Earth -- A public sensation -- The infamous flat-Earth wager -- Trials and tribulations -- Lady Blount and the new zetetics -- Flat-Earth utopia -- Man on the moon? -- The view from the edge -- The Californian connection -- Epilogue -- Myths and meanings -- Appendix -- Abbreviations.
0312382081 (alk. paper) 9780312382087 (alk. paper)
2008018431
Errors, Scientific.
Geodesy--History.
Earth (Planet)--Figure.