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E-book Geodesy : The Science Underneath
In traditional societies, undoubtedly the most common conception of the figure of the Earth was that the Earth is a flat disc extending to the horizon, with the sky curving like a dome over her. On the inner surface of the dome, the celestial bodies describe their complicated orbits. Children also have generally the same conception. Only with formal education does this “naïve world model” give way. Psychologically, from the viewpoint of childhood development, this is by no means an easy process, surely as difficult as it was for society as a whole, back in time as a stage in the historical development of science. However, the antique Hellenes were already aware of the spherical shape of the Earth.
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