''Inventing the Flat Earth'' ( ) is a 1991 book by historian
Jeffrey Burton Russell
Jeffrey Burton Russell (born 1934) is an American historian and religious studies scholar.
Early life
Russell received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1955 and his PhD from Emory University in 1960.
Care ...
debunking the notion that medieval Christians believed the Earth was flat.
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Modern flat Earth beliefs
Modern flat Earth beliefs are promoted by organizations and individuals which make claims that the Earth is flat while denying the Earth's sphericity, contrary to over two millennia of scientific consensus. Flat Earth beliefs are pseudoscie ...
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Myth of the flat Earth
The myth of the flat Earth, or the flat earth error, is a modern historical misconception that European scholars and educated people during the Middle Ages believed the Earth to be flat.
The earliest clear documentation of the idea of a spher ...
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Notes
External links
Russell's summary of his book
1991 non-fiction books
20th-century history books
History books about Christianity
History of geography
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