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Film, Video Expedition to the Equator: A Scientific Adventure Story

Event video

Transcript: TEXT

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Title

  • Expedition to the Equator: A Scientific Adventure Story

Summary

  • Ricardo V. Luna holds a conversation with Larrie D. Ferreiro, whose latest book describes an 18th-century scientific expedition to the equator to determine the true shape of the Earth. Ferreiro's new book tells the story of a 10-year scientific expedition to the equator to resolve the mystery surrounding the shape of the Earth. It was known that the Earth was not a perfect sphere, but scientists did not know if it was elongated or flattened at the poles. As a Washington Post book review asked, did the planet look like an egg standing upright in its carton or like an exercise ball when someone sat on it?

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • John W. Kluge Center (Library of Congress), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2011-10-25.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Government, World Affairs
  • -  Science, Technology

Notes

  • -  Classification: General Works.
  • -  Classification: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation.
  • -  Classification: Science.
  • -  Larrie D. Ferreiro, Ricardo V. Luna.
  • -  Recorded on 2011-10-25.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021688757

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Expedition to the Equator: A Scientific Adventure Story. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-25, 2011. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688757/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & John W. Kluge Center, S. B. (2011) Expedition to the Equator: A Scientific Adventure Story. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-25. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688757/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body John W. Kluge Center. Expedition to the Equator: A Scientific Adventure Story. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -10-25, 2011. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021688757/>.