Who proved the world is round, and how did they do it?

zbeckabee

Aristotle did so by pointing out during an eclipse that the earth casts a spherical shadow on the moon. http://members.aol.com/wmtienken/issue54.html Jun 08 06, 8:04 PM

lanfranco

Here's a little history on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth Jun 08 06, 10:14 PM

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