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36 matches to Earth
Aryabhata. 476-550. Hindu astronomer. Explained eclipses, earth’s rotation.
Atlantis. Legendary island which disappeared after earthquake.
Bosch, Hieronymus. 1450-1516. Flemish allegorical moralist painter. Garden of Earthly Delights 1505.
Buck, Pearl S. 1892-1973. US novelist of Chinese life. Good Earth 1931.
Clarke, Arthur C. 1917-2008. British science fiction writer. Predicted geosynchronous satellites 1945. 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968.
Coatlicue. Aztec earth goddess.
Colossus of Rhodes. 280-224BC. 30m bronze statue of Helios. Collapsed during earthquake. A 7 Wonder.
Danu. Celtic earth goddess.
Doyle, Arthur Conan. 1859-1930. British doctor, mystery writer and creator of Sherlock Holmes. Study in Scarlet 1887.
Earth. According to geologists created 4,600,000,000BC. Ussher for Biblical version.
Empedocles. c500-430BC. Greek philosopher. Heart is seat of life. Matter is fire, air, earth, water.
Eratosthenes. c276-194BC. Alexandrian mathematician, philosopher. Measured earth’s circumference, tilt of axis. World map 220BC.
Foucault, Léon. 1819-68. Proved rotation of the earth in an experiment at the Pantheon, Paris, 1851. Gyroscope, 1852.
Gaea. (Gaia) Earth itself as a Greek goddess.
Gilbert, William. 1540-1603. English scientist. Earth’s magnetic field, 1600. Coined term ’electricity’.
Glenn, John. 1921- First American to orbit earth, 1962. US Senator 1974-.
Hearth Tax. 1663-89. English tax on chimneys and hearths.
Heliocentricity. Revolution of the earth around the sun. Once considered heretical. Galileo. Copernicus.
Hestia. Greek goddess of the hearth.
Hipparchus. c190-120BC. First star catalogue. Epicyclic planetary motion around earth. Astrolabe 130.
Ishtar. Assyrian and Babylonian goddess of love, sex, and war. Earth Mother.
Korah. Led Hebrew revolt vs Moses. Swallowed up by the earth.
Lisbon Earthquake. 1755.
Lo-Johansson, Ivar. 1901-90. Swedish novelist of social causes. Goodnight, Earth 1933.
Midgard. Norse middle earth. Home of the human race.