Reviews for Earth Is Flat! Science Facts and Fictions

The average rating for Earth Is Flat! Science Facts and Fictions based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-08-11 00:00:00 Mark Brunell The title of this book certainly caught my attention! Is someone really trying to push this drivel off on children? No, they are using an OLD misconception to show how science changes. My son and I really enjoyed reading this book, which gives a brief overview of the question at hand (is the earth flat?) and how it was approached in ancient times. Many scientific terms are introduced, as well as philosophers and scientists of those ancient times. Mythology is discussed as a precursor to science - a way people explained the world around them. There are brief overviews of many different branches of science, from astrophysics to alchemy and chemistry, as well as information on the scientific method, experimentation, and what is in my opinion the most important lesson in the book - that science changes because scientists are constantly questioning and revising based on new information.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-08-18 00:00:00 Freeman Rawdon All but science :)) This book focuses intensely on leaving ourselves to god and absorb the mind of the lord ... :| I couldn't relate almost any of the stuff to science. There were a couple of nice insights, though, for example, the author argues that everything and everyone we see, are in their perfect state, striving for getting better and better, and that's how the universe has been working. For instance, he says that we cannot say locomotives fueled with coal are bad, no, they were great in their time and laid the foundation of modern transportation. Hence, people we encounter, no matter how bad their manner might be, they are perfect and are on their way to sophistication. I really liked this argument.