The Greeks Knew The Earth Was Round Before Copernicus
Series: A Moment of Science
From: WFIU
Length: 00:02:02
The ancient Greeks knew a thing or two. Nowadays we say Copernicus discovered the earth was round, for example, but the Greeks had that figured out almost two thousand years earlier!
How Did They Manage It?
They had several different arguments for the roundness of the earth.Find out more on this A Moment of Science...
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The ancient Greeks knew a thing or two. Nowadays we say Copernicus discovered the earth was round, for example, but the Greeks had that figured out almost two thousand years earlier!
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