{"product_id":"one-hundred-proofs-that-the-w-m-carpenter-9781667306933","title":"One Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe: One Hundred Arguments Against a Spherical Earth, First Published 1885","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The surface of all water is level, and therefore cannot conform to the supposed curvature of the earth.\" - W. M. Carpenter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in the late nineteenth century, \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe\u003c\/em\u003e is William M. Carpenter's collection of arguments against the prevailing scientific consensus of a spherical earth. Drawing upon observation, common sense reasoning, and appeals to Scripture, Carpenter presents one hundred concise \"proofs\" designed to demonstrate that the earth is flat and motionless.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten as both a critique of modern astronomy and a defense of biblical cosmology, the work stands as one of the most frequently cited texts in the history of the flat earth movement. While rejected by mainstream science, Carpenter's book has continued to attract attention as a curiosity in the history of scientific debate, a resource for flat earth advocacy, and a cultural artifact of nineteenth-century pseudoscience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor students of intellectual history, the history of science, and the study of alternative cosmologies, \u003cem\u003eOne Hundred Proofs That the Earth Is Not a Globe\u003c\/em\u003e remains an important primary source, illustrating the persistence of heterodox ideas and the challenges faced by scientific consensus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e W. M. Carpenter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1667306936\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781667306933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Antiquarius\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 86\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d","brand":"W. M. Carpenter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443029160191,"sku":"9781667306933","price":9.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c928e010-209f-4034-b1bf-ca25349518a1.jpg?v=1777201374","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/one-hundred-proofs-that-the-w-m-carpenter-9781667306933","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}