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Flat earth : the history of an infamous idea / Christine Garwood.

Author/creator Garwood, Christine
Format Book and Print
Edition1st Thomas Dunne Books ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2008.
Descriptionxii, 436 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subject(s)
Geodesy--History.
Errors, Scientific.
Earth (Planet)--Figure.
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) and index.
LCCN 2008018431
ISBN9780312382087 (alk. paper)
ISBN0312382081 (alk. paper)

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