Journal of Jishou University(Social Sciences) ›› 2003, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (2): 115-119.

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An Examination Into the Chinese and Western Theories of the Shape of the Earth——With Concurrent Discussion on the Word“Earth” Entering the Chinese Language

  

  1. (Foreign Languages College of Jishou University,Jishou,Hunan 416000,China)
  • Online:2003-06-01 Published:2012-08-20

Abstract: China and the Western Countries have under-gone the same road in the recognition of the shape of the earth:from squareness to roundness.The only difference lies in that the westerners' recognition is directly from squareness to ball-shape and the Chinese is from squareness to round plate then to ball-shape.This recognition of the earth's shape from squareness to roundness is quite logic.

Key words: the earth, shape, squareness, roundness

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