Christine Garwood (Auteur) Paru en décembre 2010 (ebook (ePub)) en anglais

Flat Earth

The History of an Infamous Idea

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Contrary to popular belief, fostered in countless school classrooms the world over, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the world was round. The idea of the world as a sphere had been widely accepted in scientific, philosophical and even religious circles from as early as the fourth century bc. Bizarrely, it was not until the supposedly more rational nineteenth century that the notion that the world might actually be flat really took hold. Even more bizarrely, it persists to this day. Based on a range of original...
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Date de parution

décembre 2010

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Picador

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Contrary to popular belief, fostered in countless school classrooms the world over, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the world was round. The idea of the world as a sphere had been widely accepted in scientific, philosophical and even religious circles from as early as the fourth century bc. Bizarrely, it was not until the supposedly more rational nineteenth century that the notion that the world might actually be flat really took hold. Even more bizarrely, it persists to this day. Based on a range of original sources, Garwood's history of flat-earth beliefs - from the Babylonians to the present day - raises issues central to the history and philosophy of science, its relationship with religion and the making of human knowledge about the natural world. Flat Earth is the first definitive study of one of history's most notorious and persistent ideas, and evokes all the intellectual, philosophical and spiritual turmoil of the modern age.

'Highly entertaining and often hilarious ... an enjoyable romp through the dottier history of scientific and religious eccentricity' Sunday Times

'This entertaining history of the Flat Earth movement is full of crazy characters and fascinating details' Daily Telegraph

'Wonderful ... an intriguing chronicle of 150 years of self- delusion' Financial Times

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Auteur

Christine Garwood

Editeur

Picador

Date de parution

décembre 2010

EAN

9780330540070

ISBN

9780330540070

Type de DRM

Adobe DRM

Droit d'impression

Non autorisé

Droit de Copier/Coller

Non autorisé

Compris dans l'abonnement ebooks

Non

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SKU

11297023

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