How We Learned the Earth Is Round
Author : Patricia Lauber
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 2002
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ISBN : 9780060001742
Author : Patricia Lauber
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,57 MB
Release : 2002
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ISBN : 9780060001742
Author : Ellie Peterson
Publisher : Astra Publishing House
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 13,48 MB
Release : 2019-09-03
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1635921740
We all know the earth is round. But HOW do we know? Join intrepid young scientist-adventurer Joulia Copernicus as she takes readers on a historical journey through time and space. From jumping on board Columbus's ship to planet-hopping in the outer reaches of our solar system, Joulia explains with humor and wit the ins and outs of how we learned that the earth is round.
Author : Alix Wood
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 41,97 MB
Release : 2015-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1499408617
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.
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File Size : 19,64 MB
Release : 1992
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ISBN : 9780780714168
Author : Jeffrey B. Russell
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 35,31 MB
Release : 1997-01-30
Category : History
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Reveals the facts behind the deceiving myths that have been professed about Columbus and his time.
Author : Kathryn Lasky
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 43,37 MB
Release : 2008-11-16
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0316049271
A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.
Author : William Carpenter
Publisher : Ravenio Books
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 23,20 MB
Release : 2015-06-28
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Much may be gathered, indirectly, from the arguments in these pages, as to the real nature of the Earth on which we live and of the heavenly bodies which were created for us. The reader is requested to be patient in this matter and not expect a whole flood of light to burst in upon him at once, through the dense clouds of opposition and prejudice which hang all around. Old ideas have to be gotten rid of, by some people, before they can entertain the new; and this will especially be the case in the matter of the Sun, about which we are taught, by Mr. Proctor, as follows: “The globe of the Sun is so much larger than that of the Earth that no less than 1,250,000 globes as large as the Earth would be wanted to make up together a globe as large as the Sun.” Whereas, we know that, as it is demonstrated that the Sun moves round over the Earth, its size is proportionately less. We can then easily understand that Day and Night, and the Seasons are brought about by his daily circuits round in a course concentric with the North, diminishing in their extent to the end of June, and increasing until the end of December, the equatorial region being the area covered by the Sun’s mean motion. If, then, these pages serve but to arouse the spirit of enquiry, the author will be satisfied.
Author : Erik Frenz
Publisher : Triumph Books
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1633196178
Bill Belichick started collecting Lombardi Trophies like some people collect coasters and won his fourth Super Bowl title in 2015. No other NFL team has been as successful since Belichick became the Patriots' head coach in 2000, winning titles after the 2001, 2003, 2004, and 2014 seasons, along with Super Bowl appearances after the 2007 and 2011 seasons. But is Belichick the best NFL coach of all time? In Bill Belichick vs. the NFL, author Erik Frenz not only explains what separates Belichick from his peers and compares his accomplishments to some of the all-time legends, but tells why, if there were a Mount Rushmore of NFL coaches, Belichick's face would already be on it. From his upbringing as a coach's son to learning under Bill Parcells to creating his own coaching tree, he has established a new standard that may be unparalleled in football history.
Author : Christine Garwood
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 623 pages
File Size : 11,92 MB
Release : 2008-08-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 1429986948
Contrary to popular belief fostered in countless school classrooms the world over, Christopher Columbus did not discover that the earth was round. The idea of a spherical world had been widely accepted in educated circles from as early as the fourth century B.C. Yet, bizarrely, it was not until the supposedly more rational nineteenth century that the notion of a flat earth really took hold. Even more bizarrely, it persists to this day, despite Apollo missions and widely publicized pictures of the decidedly spherical Earth from space. 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 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 a spectacular array of people and places. Where else could eccentric aristocrats, fundamentalist preachers, and conspiracy theorists appear alongside Copernicus, Newton, and NASA, except in an account of such a legendary misconception? Thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating, Flat Earth is social and intellectual history at its best.
Author : Washington Irving
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Page : 380 pages
File Size : 48,43 MB
Release : 1841
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