Fazi's World by Gerard S. MacKay (English) Paperback Book
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Fazi's World by Gerard S. MacKay (English) Paperback Book. Fazi's World by Gerard S. MacKay Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description An illustrated STEM-based rhyming story for kids (aged 9 to 99) set in ancient Egypt and Sudan about 2000 years ago, where Young Fazi, who works a Nile camel train, notices that shadows North and south of Swenett (Aswan) are cast in opposite directions in mid-summer, and reasons that the surface of his world might be curved, or even round like the moon, and given this hypothesis, sets out, using angles and fractions, to work out exactly how long his camel-route is compared to what would be the total distance around the entire world. Contents- 1- Two thousand years (or so) ago. 2- On the Nile flourished commerce. 3- In Swenett (Syene/Aswan) it was known for sure. 4- A year to the day in Soba (Khartoum). 5- Young Fazi liked drawing circles. 6- A pair of parallel beams. 7- Eratosthenese Method. 8- So how do you measure the size of an angle? 9- Circles can be divided into slices called Degrees. 10- A shadow that's equal in length to its stick. 11- A quarter circle on the ground. 12- Just short of the one-thirty-second to one-sixty-fourth mid-point. 13- One twenty-fourth round the entire world. 14- So was the sun spinning around the world? 15- A star that stayed stationary all night long. 16- The stars up-river in the South over Soba (Khartoum). 17- The stars for the most part all moved together. 18- Over thirty days on the trail to Pelusium. 19- The moon rose later each night. 20- A whole new perspective. 21- Everything can be distilled to quantifiable truths. 22- Context Corner. 23- Circumpolar Stars. 24- The cyclic phase of the moon. 25- The Lunar Sidereal Period. 26- Tilted Orbit and Tides. 27- Five degrees of tilt may not seem like much. 28- Welcome to lunar orbital dynamics. 29- How much later each day? 30- Apsides and Precession. 31- Arcing Across the Horizon. 32- Seasons. 33- Ecliptic Plane. 34- Wandering Stars. 35- The Great Parallel Light-Beam Assumption. 36- Shadows on a Planetary Scale. 37- The Earth and Moon pulling on each other. 38- Corals and Lazer-Beams. 39- Rock samples and the need for speed. 40- The Ecliptic Backdrop. 41- Nothing Stays the Same Forever. 42- Asteroids and Trans-Neptunian Objects. 43- A Rocky Perspective. 44- We Don't Talk About Pluto. 45- TNO's and Ceres. 46- Sparse Fuzzy Poorly Defined Donut. 47- Lagrange and Trojans. 48- Stable Orbits. 49- Nothing for Nothing. 50- This Short Journey. 51- Out-Running Our Star. 52- The Milky Way. 53- Homework Assignment. Details ISBN-13 9798706087555 Title Fazi's World Author Gerard S. MacKay Format Paperback Year 2021 Pages 58 Publisher Independently Published GEItemID:134172673; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
