Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of Science

SSS 10: Mercator Vs. Peters


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In 1973 Arno Peters launched an attack on most prevalent map projection in the world, a 400 year old map created by the flemish cartographer Geradus Mercator, and released his own map to replace it. It did not go exactly as he hoped. Download the Episode  [wpaudio url=”http://acmescience.com/Podcasts/SSS/sss10MvP.mp3″ text=”Fight 10: Mercator Vs. Peters” …
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Science Sparring Society: Fights from the History of ScienceBy ACMEScience