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It is a common knowledge that the world is round. I never read or heard anybody teach that the world is flat.
A very very long time ago, the world once was thought to be flat. The horizon that we see now, people use to think that when you got to that point you would fall off the edge of the world. Not until boats and navigation came into fruition, the then thought "brave" explorers, set out to discover the edge of the world. It wasnt until they started sailing familiar waters that the theory of a round world came to be. Interesting huh?
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 13y agoUneducated scholars of the medieval period. Most philosophers thought the earth was circular. Aristotle was aware that the earth was circular since he noticed stars disappeared as you moved, he made the observation that a lunar eclipse could only occur if the Earth was spherical shaped, and ships disappeared hull first into the horizon. Eratosthenes took a quite accurate measurement of the radius of the Earth. Ptolemy took a smaller measurement. But Lactantius, Cosmas indicopleustes, Washington Irving, and John Draper would be to name a few.
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∙ 8y agoI don't think any scientist ever contended that. People have known the earth was round for thousands of years. You might be thinking of Copernicus, and later Gallileo, who got in trouble for pointing out it the earth went round the sun and therefore wasn't the center of the universe.
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∙ 11y agoBob Herbicly
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Is the question the earth is flat a testable hypothesis?
Yes, it is. Satellite imaging will negate the hypothesis and prove that Earth is round, not flat.
Who is theory was that the earth is round not flat?
Since the determination of the fact that Earth is spherical as opposed to flat, all scientists (after a short lag period) have accepted that it is so.
Do scientist debate on the age of the Earth?
scientist do debate in discussing the age of the earth because there is many theories that saying when is the earth began or made
Who was the scientist who said wee beasties?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Why do scientist study earth?
Scientist study earth because earth is the place that we envolved on and is the only planet in our solar system that is know to support life and is the fifth- largest planet in our universe.
Is there such thing as New Earth?
No scientist have said there is no New Earth.
Who was the first scientist that said that the earth was elliptical?
its not its spherical
Which scientist said the earth spins?
Thomas Edison.
Is there such thing as new?
No scientist have said there is no New Earth.
Who is the scientists responsible for the flat earth theory?
The scientist is called Bob Herbicly
What roman scientist said earth was center of the universe?
Ptolemy.
Which greek scientist said te earth is round?
Eratosthenes did.
What scientist were involved in the flat earth theory?
No actual scientist has ever been involved in any flat earth hypothesis.There isn't enough evidence to call it a theory. In fact there is zero evidence.Believers are almost exclusively motivated by religious reasons or by conspiracy theory beliefs.
Who said that the sun around the earth?
mikołaj kopernik did it he is a famous scientist from Poland (real answer)
Who is a scientist that studies the earth?
A geologist is a scientist that studies the Earth.
Who first said that earth is not flat?
the smarter person of the bunch. i really dont know.
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."
