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010 _a 2008018431
020 _a9780312382087 (alk. paper)
020 _a9780312382087
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035 _a(OCoLC)184822945
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041 _aeng
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100 1 _aGarwood, Christine.
245 1 0 _aFlat earth :
_bthe history of an infamous idea /
_cChristine Garwood.
250 _a1st Thomas Dunne Books ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bThomas Dunne Books,
_c2008.
300 _axii, 436 p., [16] p. of plates :
_bill., maps ;
_c25 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 401-423) 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.
651 0 _aEarth (Planet)
_xFigure.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0816/2008018431.html
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