Flattening the Earth
Subtitle: Two Thousand Years of Map Projections
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: December 5, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780226767475
Subjects: History of science; Map making & projections; Science; History: World; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geography; World - General; Science / Geography
First sentence: FOR ABOUT TWO THOUSAND YEARS, the challenge of trying to represent the round earth on a flat surface has posed mathematical, philosophical, and geographical problems that have attracted inventors of many types.