One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe
A bit of pseudo-science that will baffle, confuse, and amaze! Until the Space Age, there was little every-day, self-evident proof that the earth was a globe, and plenty of people believed in a flat Earth. (Even today, some are still of this opinion.) Here are 100 short arguments for a flat Earth. Some of them can be proven wrong fairly easily; others confound; and others are stated so confusingly that they MUST be true! - Summary by TriciaG
“‘One Hundred Proofs that the Earth is Not a Globe,’ by William Carpenter, is published by the author, whose novel and rather startling position is certainly fortified by a number of argumentative points, which, if they do not shake the reader’s preconceived notions on the subject, will, at least, be found entertaining for the style in which they are put.”—Evening Star, Philadelphia, July 22, 1886.
Genre(s): Astronomy, Physics & Mechanics
Language: English
Keyword(s): science (221), astronomy (49), earth (17), planet (10), navigation (5), globe (4), pseudo-science (2), flat earth (1)
Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
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Play 00 | Introductions | ToddHW |
00:17:13 |
Play 01 | Proofs 1-25 | tommack |
00:19:42 |
Play 02 | Proofs 26-45 | Jane Bennett |
00:18:04 |
Play 03 | Proofs 46-60 | Larry Wilson |
00:12:33 |
Play 04 | Proofs 61-85 | BettyB |
00:17:09 |
Play 05 | Proofs 86-100 | Romano |
00:20:37 |
Play 06 | End Matter, Part 1 | TriciaG |
00:24:06 |
Play 07 | End Matter, Part 2 | TriciaG |
00:16:56 |