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Leave it to the clever Greek investigator Eratosthenes to bring it all together with a calculation (and a remarkably accurate one!) about the diameter of the earth, and also the inclination of its axis of rotation to its orbital plane about the sun. Amazing! And later in Medieval Europe, the earth was thought to be flat. What happened? You'll want to check facts and read more on the geodesy ("roundness") of the earth, and a link is provided to the Wikipedia article on exactly that subject.
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∙ 10y agoWhen Columbus lived, people thought that the earth was flat. They believed the Atlantic Ocean to be filled with monsters large enough to devour their ships, and with fearful waterfalls over which their frail vessels would plunge to destruction. Columbus had to fight these foolish beliefs in order to get men to sail with him. He felt sure the earth was round.
The theory that the earth is round was postulated by Plato, a Greek philosopher. Aristotle later provided observational evidence to prove this theory. Aristotle noted that travellers going south see southern constellations rise higher above the horizon. This was done around 330 BC. The theory was later on confirmed by Pythagoras, a mathematician: the earth was round.
very difficult to name one particular individual. the first serious attempts to combine observation with theory were made by the Greek philosophers - Thales (born 624 B.C.) to Ptolemy (died A.D.180). at a fairly early stage the Greeks rejected the old theory of a flat Earth. Aristotle's conclusions about the shape of the world were not seriously challenged, and in 270 B.C. Eratosthenes of Cyrene managed to measure the diameter of the Earth with surprising accuracy. the value that he gave was better than that used by Columbus, during his voyage across the Atlantic in 1492.
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∙ 13y agoWhile their calculations were limited by the known world at their time, Eratosthenes of Cyrene, circa 3rd century BCE, and Claudius Ptolemy, of the first century AD, both hypothesized that the world was a sphere and were quite close in determining the circumference.
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∙ 12y agoColumbus didn't prove it. Anciant Greeks hypothisied that it was round from 6th century BCE on. As did Plato and Socrates. I suppose it wasn't proven until Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first man to enter space, and actually physically see the curve of the earth.
No not at all. It was an Euripian explorer (he didn't prove it but his crew did) that was trying to find America, and ended up going around the world. Talk a bout an extended trip!
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∙ 14y agoSome believe is was the Greek scholar Eratosthenes, who sought and succeeded to prove the earth was spherical over 2000 years ago. Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' wrote about him and how he accomplished this.
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∙ 12y agoNikolaus Copernicus and then Galileo Galilei.
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How did the Guptas figured out the earth was round?
The Gupta Empire astronomers proved the earth was round by studying the moon during a lunar eclipse. They noticed that the earths shadow on the moon was round, meaning that the earth itself was round.
Did most 15th century europeans believe the earth is round or flat?
The ancient Greeks had worked out that the world was round by looking at the shadow that the Earth makes on the moon. Colombus knew it was round.
Was the world flat before?
no the world has always been round. but it was believed that the earth was flat because pioneers never traveled far enough to know then some one was smart enough to realize the earth was round.
What shape did renaissance people think the earth was?
Round. Most people by the time of Columbus did not believe the Earth was flat, despite what some history books will tell you.
Whose voyage proved that the earth really was round?
spanish explorers conquered what two native empires?
Who first said that the earth was round?
The concept of a spherical Earth dates back to ancient Greek scholars, around the 6th century BC. Philosophers like Pythagoras and later Aristotle provided evidence for a round Earth through observations of celestial bodies and the shape of Earth's shadow during lunar eclipses.
Which greek scientist said te earth is round?
Eratosthenes did.
Who said MK Gandhi is good reader?
Its a truth as the earth is round.
What are the beliefs of Filipinos regarding the shape of the earth?
You said they say is round & you live there.
A theory about the earth's structure?
The Earth has a layered structure consisting of the inner core, outer core, mantle, and crust. The inner core is solid iron, the outer core is liquid iron, the mantle is mostly solid but can flow like a very thick liquid over long timescales, and the crust is the Earth's thin outer shell where we live. This structure is known as the "D-layered Earth model."
When a smooth round stone is said to be like the shape of the earth the poetry term is a?
analogy
A smooth round stone is said to be like the shape of the earth the poetry term is a?
simile
Who first said that the earth revolves around the sun and not the other way round?
Galileo Galilei
What did Magellan's prove?
that the earth is round just like what Magellan said ... `The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church"
What was proven by voyage Magellan?
that the earth is round just like what Magellan said ... `The church says the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than in the church"
What did Copernicus do important .?
he said the earth is not flat but round it rotates around the sun to make it day&night.
What did magellans expedition accomplish?
He proved that the world was in fact round, not flat. He aldo proved that it was larger than everyone thought it was.
