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001 2008018431
003 DLC
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008 080423s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008018431
020 $a9780312382087 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aQB280.5$b.G37 2008
082 00 $a525/.1$222
100 1 $aGarwood, Christine.
245 10 $aFlat earth :$bthe history of an infamous idea /$cChristine Garwood.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bThomas Dunne Books,$c2008.
263 $a0808
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe Columbus blunder -- Surveying the Earth -- A public sensation -- The infamous flat-Earth wager -- Trials and tribulations -- Lady Blount and the new zetetics -- Flat-Earth utopia -- Man on the moon? -- The view from the edge -- The Californian connection -- Epilogue -- Myths and meanings -- Appendix -- Abbreviations.
650 0 $aGeodesy$xHistory.
650 0 $aErrors, Scientific.
650 0 $aEarth$xFigure.