Edition |
First Thomas Dunne Books edition. |
Description |
xii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-423) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Subject |
Geodesy -- History.
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Errors, Scientific.
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Earth (Planet) -- Figure.
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ISBN |
9780312382087 alkaline paper |
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0312382081 alkaline paper |
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