![]() ![]() A practical demonstration of Earth's sphericity was achieved by Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián Elcano's circumnavigation (1519–1522). This knowledge was gradually adopted throughout the Old World during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. In the 3rd century BC, Hellenistic astronomy established the roughly spherical shape of Earth as a physical fact and calculated the Earth's circumference. The earliest documented mention of the concept dates from around the 5th century BC, when it appears in the writings of Greek philosophers. Spherical Earth or Earth's curvature refers to the approximation of figure of the Earth as a sphere. ![]() She had never experienced such extravagance.Image from space: The curved surface of the spherical planet Earth Medieval artistic representation of a spherical Earth – with compartments representing earth, air, and water (c. Soon they were in a cab and he was showing her the high life. Let’s go downtown.” Completely smitten, she fell under his spell. ![]() Bill looked around at the empty diner and said, “C’mon. She told him that she had to finish her shift. He dropped a sixty-dollar tip on a dollar-fifty check, flashed the waitress a smile, and invited her out. He ordered only a black coffee and puffed cigarette after cigarette. In 1998, while on tour, the science bad boy Bill Nye found himself at a diner in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Why can’t this be just another ploy by the rich and powerful to keep us oppressed?ģ. ![]() The government has proved time and time again that it is willing to lie to the American people in order to keep us docile and ignorant. If our planet were round, surely the buildings in the distance would begin to slant, no?Ģ. Standing on the ground and staring straight ahead, I can’t see the curve of the Earth. Here are the four major arguments that shifted my thinking I have a feeling that they will change yours as well:ġ. I recently watched “Behind the Curve”-a new Netflix documentary about the community of people who believe that the Earth is flat rather than spherical-with the expectation that I’d sit back and have a laugh at the expense of the flat-Earthers. ![]()
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