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008 080423s2008 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2008018431
020 _a0312382081 (alk. paper)
020 _a9780312382087 (alk. paper)
035 _a(OCoLC)184822945
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049 _aNFGA
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092 _a525.1
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100 1 _aGarwood, Christine.
_9131982
245 1 0 _aFlat earth :
_bthe history of an infamous idea /
_cChristine Garwood.
250 _a1st Thomas Dunne Books ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bThomas Dunne Books,
_c2008.
300 _axii, 436 p. :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) and index.
505 0 _aThe 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.
650 0 _aErrors, Scientific.
_9131983
650 0 _aGeodesy
_xHistory.
_9131984
651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
_xFigure.
_9131985
942 _cBOOK
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998 _a006699746
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