The Globe: How the Earth Became Round

by James Hannam

A New Scientist Best Book of 2023

From Babylon to Columbus and beyond, a journey across millennia and--yes--the globe exploring how we came to understand our spherical planet.

The Globe tells the story of humanity's quest to discover the form of the world: that the Earth is round and not flat. Philosophers in ancient Greece deduced the true shape of the Earth in the fourth century BCE; the Romans passed the knowledge...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789147581
• ISBN13: 9781789147582
• Release Date: October 2023
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.4" x 6.0" x 7.3"