Shape of the Earth may refer to:
- Figure of the Earth, scientific measurement of the Earth's shape.
- Flat Earth, a model of the Earth as a flat plane or disk.
- Spherical Earth, a model of the Earth as a sphere or oblate spheroid.
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Famous quotes containing the words shape and/or earth:
“It is as real
as splinters stuck in your ear. The noise we steal
is half a bell. And outside cars whisk by on the suburban street
and are there and are true.
What else is this, this intricate shape of air?
calling me, calling you.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“It is my hope to be able to prove that television is the greatest step forward we have yet made in the preservation of humanity. It will make of this Earth the paradise we have all envisioned, but have never seen.”
—Joseph O’Donnell. Clifford Sanforth. Professor James Houghland, Murder by Television, just before he demonstrates his new television device (1935)