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Middle Earth: Why We Need To Turn Our Map On Its Side
Although he never actually crossed it, the Greek mathematician Pythagoras is sometimes credited with having first conceived of the Equator, calculating its location on the Earth’s sphere more than four centuries before the birth of Christ. Aristotle, who never stepped over it either and knew nothing about the landscape surrounding it, pictured the equatorial region as a land so hot that no one could survive there: the ‘Torrid Zone’.
And Now a Clock for the Truly Geocentric
Ulysses Nardin’s Planet Earth clock is a jaw-dropping timepiece. How can you not feel like a criminal mastermind with an intricate mini universe perched on a pretty mahogany box sitting atop your desk?
Electro-Magnetic World Spins of its Own Accord
This shiny black-and-chrome globe will hover above its black stand without any visible help – unless you want to spin it, in which case a gentle hand will help it on its way. Measuring 4 inches across, its base plugs into the mains and will cost you $137. [FunIce via Sci-Fi Tech]
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