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| Mar 27, 2017 at 13:18 | comment | added | Thermo's Second Law | @HelderVelez no he did not. People already knew the earth was round back in his time. He was hired to gather evidence that some people were invading some other people's territory on the pacific, by measuring the coordinates of said territory. He died because he picked a fight he shouldn't have, for stupid reasons, and took an arrow to his chest, not for saying what everybody already knew to be true. His story, as written by Pigaffeta, is interesting enough, but as others have said the ancient greek already know about the curvature of our planet. | |
| Feb 20, 2013 at 15:32 | comment | added | user11266 | Proof also connotes finality. Once something is proven, it need never be considered again. | |
| Jun 28, 2011 at 2:01 | comment | added | Helder Velez | +1, the power of 'torture' ? ;) Fernão de Magalhães paid with is life to prove that the Earth is round. (in eng. is Ferdinand Magellan) | |
| Jun 27, 2011 at 14:37 | history | answered | Art Eaton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |