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People used to think that Earth was flat, but now we know it isn’t. How did we find out Earth is actually a sphere? How did science help us understand the shape of our planet? Readers will delight in exploring the history and science behind Earth’s spherical shape. They’ll learn how satellite images and modern technology give us an image of the Earth. Readers will also learn all about early scientists and how they gradually came to enlighten others that the Earth wasn’t flat. Clear diagrams and fascinating sidebars help explain this important science topic, as supplemental science experiments give readers the hands-on experience they need to grasp the topic.

It can be hard to imagine a time when it was generally believed that the shape of our earth was a flat plane or disk. This book exposes the bizarre and sometimes hilarious history of science, explores pseudo-scientific theories from the past, and the scientific progress made since then through use of the scientific method. Through the scientific method, anecdotes, historic facts, and the scientific theories themselves, it tells the story of why people of a particular time period believed in such things and the discoveries that led us to learn otherwise.

Although you may think this book's title is a joke, I assure you that there are people today that adamantly believe the world is flat. Worse still, the number of Flat Earthers has been increasing in recent years. How could that be possible? NASA has taken photos of the Earth from space to confirm it is round. According to The Flat Earth Society, NASA are lying. NASA never went to space... because space isn't real. You might find this concept preposterous. Are Flat Earthers suggesting every astronomer and physicist is wrong? No. Flat Earthers believe that so-called "scientists" know the Earth is flat but they are lying. Why would anyone lie about the shape of the Earth? How can Flat Earthers be so sure? If the Earth is flat, why doesn't the oceans spill out at the sides? All of these questions will be explained in this book. Read on to learn the history of the Flat Earth community, why they believe what they believe, and most importantly, how we know their beliefs are irrefutably false.

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

The flat Earth model is an archaic conception of Earth's shape as a plane or disk. Many ancient cultures subscribed to a flat Earth cosmography, including Greece until the classical period, the Bronze Age and Iron Age civilizations of the Near East until the Hellenistic period, India until the Gupta period (early centuries AD), and China until the 17th century. Dr. Samuel B. Rowbotham finished his earthly labours, in England, the country of his birth, December 23, 1884, at the age of 89. He was, certainly, one of the most gifted of men: and though his labours as a public lecturer were confined within the limits of the British Islands his published work is known all over the world and is destined to live and be republished when books on the now popular system of philosophy will be considered in no other light than as bundles of waste paper. One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe: Challenge conventional beliefs and explore alternative cosmology with One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe. Delve into the fascinating world of flat Earth theory, geocentrism, and cosmological debates. This thought-provoking book presents counterarguments to the notion of a round Earth and invites readers to question established scientific skepticism. Engage in a compelling exploration of Earth's shape, curvature, and rotation, and gain alternative perspectives on the nature of our planet. Stimulate your intellectual curiosity with this captivating exploration of cosmology and scientific skepticism. One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe: flat Earth theory, Earth's shape, alternative cosmology, geocentrism, Earth's curvature, Earth's rotation, scientific skepticism, counterarguments to round Earth, cosmological debates, alternative perspectives.

Funny Notebook for Round Earth Believers who appreciate gravity and physics and enjoy trolling their Flat Earth Believing friends.120 pagesCollege Ruled Lined Notebook

A scholar and a gentleman, Christopher Conrad, spent decades as one of Flat Earth Theory's biggest skeptics. UNTIL one day, he decided to examine the evidence. If you haven't examined the evidence and are trusting people with agendas to examine the evidence for you, then you will never be truly sure in your own mind what the absolute truth must be. The author provides you with a valuable reference resource and invites you on a journey of evidence examination and critical thinking as you bring to a conclusion the question of whether the Earth is flat or a globe in this thorough book including some of the best works to date on the subject. This work references and links to many public domain and copyrighted works archived here for your easy access with a comprehensive listing of online sources and resources for the serious scholar who wants to get lost in and find themselves in the rabbit hole we call Flat Earth Theory. This book is not for the faint of heart. Prepare to have your paradigm shattered and a new world opened up to you as the truth is unveiled about just how indoctrinated modern culture is with a rather new model of reality that is only a few centuries old. MUST HAVE reference book for any Flat Earth theorist's library!

"One Hundred Proofs the Earth is Not a Globe" is a book by an English printer and author in which he concludes his research on the flat-Earth theory, which he developed throughout his life. The book presents his considerations and calculations of sea levels, cartography, rivers, and other natural phenomena that are the basis of the flat Earth theory. It also contains references to ancient writings from different nations of the world.