The Globe: How the Earth Became Round - Hardcover
by James Hannam
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Reaktion BooksISBN-13:9781789147582ISBN-10:1789147581UPC:9781789147582Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Social History, Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:AstronomySize:7.30 x 6.00 x 2.40 inchesWeight:0.636Product ID:SCFPYX3YF1
The Globe: How the Earth Became Round
A New Scientist Best Book of 2023 From Babylon to Columbus and beyond, a journey across millennia and--yes--the globe exploring how we came to understand our spherical planet. The Globe tells the story of humanity's quest to discover the form of the world: that the Earth is round and not flat. Philosophers in ancient Greece deduced the true shape of the Earth in the fourth century BCE; the...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Reaktion BooksISBN-13:9781789147582ISBN-10:1789147581UPC:9781789147582Book Category:History, ScienceBook Subcategory:Social History, Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:AstronomySize:7.30 x 6.00 x 2.40 inchesWeight:0.636Product ID:SCFPYX3YF1
James Hannam is the author of God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and lives in Kent.
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