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Flat Earth : The History of an Infamous Idea by Christine Garwood (2008, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-100312382081
ISBN-139780312382087
eBay Product ID (ePID)64199699
Product Key Features
Book TitleFlat Earth : the History of an Infamous Idea
Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEarth Sciences / Geography, Social History, General, Earth Sciences / General, Religion & Science
Publication Year2008
IllustratorYes
GenreReligion, Science, History
AuthorChristine Garwood
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight25.1 Oz
Item Length9.1 in
Item Width6.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-018431
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Complete with eccentric illustrations and a startling simile for every occasion that always hits the mark, this is an original workof an order that rarely emerges in this monochromatic age of political correctness. ReadEscape from Amsterdamand be amazed, thrilled, and amused by an irreverent expert on a culture that remains an enigma to the rest of the world." ---John Burdett, author ofBangkok 8 "Escape from Amsterdamis pure delight as a romp through the complex, conflicted world that is modern Japan, but its ultimate power lies in the subtle passages where Sherwood gives us an echo of haiku, the faint scent of the geisha, the glimpse of the repentant samurai adrift in the twenty-first century. Poignant, poetic, and fun." ---Eliot Pattison, author ofPrayer of the Dragon "For readers who like to do their world traveling in bytes on the back of a clever novel,Sherwood is the perfect guide to what weirdness the twenty-?rst century has to offer.This magical bus ride of a story bounces you around inside the illogically con'icting cultures of Japan. You'd better hold on tight." --Colin Cotterill, author ofThe Coroner's Lunch "The story of Aozora, who fights and flounders his way from the ivory towers of Kyoto University to the southern beaches of Kyushu, jumps to life with violence and kindness, humor and desperation. In his carefully woven descriptions, Barrie Sherwood shows great insight into a fast-changing society of disaffected youth and sleazy governance.This book will tell you what it's like to live on the edge in twenty-first century Japan." ---Niall Murtagh, author ofThe Blue-Eyed Salaryman "Japanese theme parks, and Japan as theme park. From its opening mad dash in search of authentic oysters to the hyper-reality of life-size love dolls,this is a fascinating and thoroughly entertaining journey into a postmodern nation. Eclectic, eccentric, and always fun. A wonderful, wonderful read." ---Will Ferguson, author ofHokkaido Highway Blues, "An energetic, all-inclusive, and amusing account of man's impressive capacity for self-delusion. Every creationist should read it." ---Steve Jones, author ofDarwin's Ghost "Highly entertaining and often hilarious." ---Sunday Telegraph "The focus of Garwood's impressive research is a forgotten episode in the history of science." ---New Scientist "A glorious romp around the world of Flat Earthism." ---Daily Express "Garwood's often hilarious book is a serious look at an aberrant belief and those who took it up in modern times, centuries after the ?at Earth had been scientifically dismissed. . . . Garwood's books shows just how doggedly faith in an unscienti'c idea can hold." ---The Commercial Dispatch "[A] quirky and highly entertaining slice of intellectual history. Elicits plentiful laughter and astonishment." ---Sunday Times "Wonderful . . . dispassionate, and understanding." ---Financial Times, "An energetic, all-inclusive, and amusing account of man's impressive capacity for self-delusion. Every creationist should read it." ---Steve Jones, author of Darwin's Ghost "Highly entertaining and often hilarious." --- Sunday Telegraph "The focus of Garwood's impressive research is a forgotten episode in the history of science." --- New Scientist "A glorious romp around the world of Flat Earthism." --- Daily Express "Garwood's often hilarious book is a serious look at an aberrant belief and those who took it up in modern times, centuries after the ?at Earth had been scientifically dismissed. . . . Garwood's books shows just how doggedly faith in an unscienti'c idea can hold." --- The Commercial Dispatch "[A] quirky and highly entertaining slice of intellectual history. Elicits plentiful laughter and astonishment." --- Sunday Times "Wonderful . . . dispassionate, and understanding." --- Financial Times
Dewey Decimal525.1
SynopsisContrary 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 ?at 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 ?at-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 ?rst de'nitive 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., 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 ?at 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 ?at-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 ?rst de'nitive 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.
LC Classification NumberQB280.5.G37 2008
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