The Quest for the True Figure of the Earth
Michael Rand Hoare
Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2005
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Comprehensively explores the 'Figure of the Earth' controversy in all its several dimensions. This book shows how a largely neglected episode of European science, that produced no spectacular process or artefact - beyond a relatively minor improvement in maps - nevertheless represents a combination of theoretical prediction and empirical method.
- ISBN-13
- 9780754650201
- ISBN-10
- 0754650200
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Year
- 2005
- Publication date
- 2005-11-28
- Pages
- 288
- Dimensions
- 234x156x
- Weight
- 544