Garwood, Christine

Flat earth: the history of an infamous idea

by Garwood, Christine

0 Type: Book

"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 w…

Flat earth: the history of an infamous idea

by Garwood, Christine

0 Type: Book

"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 w…

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