Flat earth
Subtitle: the history of an infamous idea
By: Christine Garwood.
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780312382087
Subjects: Geodesy -- History; Errors, Scientific; Earth -- Figure
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Columbus blunder; title: Surveying the Earth; title: A public sensation; title: The infamous flat-Earth wager; title: Trials and tribulations; title: Lady Blount and the new zetetics; title: Flat-Earth utopia; title: Man on the moon?; title: The view from the edge; title: The Californian connection; title: Epilogue; title: Myths and meanings; title: Appendix; title: Abbreviations.