Flat earth : the history of an infamous idea
"Based on a range of original sources, Christine 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 to 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 it evokes all the intellectual, philosophical, and spiritual turmoil of the modern age. Ranging from ancient Greece, through Victorian England, to modern-day America, this is a story that encompasses religion, science, and pseudoscience, as well as an array of people and places."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2008
1st Thomas Dunne books ed
Thomas Dunne Books, New York, 2008