Argument about a lemon- or orange-shaped planet highlights importance of international competition in science, curator says
It was a row that split scientists, launched globe-trotting expeditions and for one man, ended in murder: was the Earth shaped like an orange or a lemon?
The 18th-century debate – and the endeavours that settled it –can now be relived by visitors to this year’s Royal Society summer science exhibition, in a display called “Figuring the Earth”.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/26/royal-society-exhibition-shape-of-the-earth
Author : Nicola Davis Science correspondent
Publish date : 2024-06-26 15:01:20
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