Trolled by a Flat Earther - Objectivity 280
Brady and Keith investigate how an experiment to prove the Earth's curvature led to years of death threats and libel for the scientist involved. More links below ↓↓↓
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Films by James Hennessy and Brady Haran
In 1870 Alfred Russel Wallace FRS proved to John Hampden that the Earth has curvature, by undertaking the Bedford Levels experiment. Hampden refused to acknowledge the results, and spent much of the next decade defaming and threatening Mr Wallace and his family.
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