{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6467b7de03f4220011a934bd/6467b7e44b0e770011a68e65?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"31. Medieval People Did NOT think the Earth was Flat with Kit Chapman","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6467b7de03f4220011a934bd/show-cover.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>This week we welcome Science Historian, Lecturer  at Falmouth University and author of &quot;Racing Green: How Motorsport Science can Save the World&quot;, Dr. Kit Chapman who joins us to rage that people in the Middle Ages knew the earth was spherical.<br/><br/>He talks to Paul and Kyle about how this was worked out over 2,000 years ago, how the church is not a barrier to science in Western Europe, how alchemy has already been achieved and a man that keeps 2,000 litres of his own urine in his cellar.<br/><br/>If you&apos;d like to know more about this subject then why not buy a copy of <a href='https://uk.bookshop.org/books/racing-green-how-motorsport-science-can-save-the-world/9781472982179?aid=10120'>&quot;Racing Green&quot;</a> from the <a href='https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/historyrage'>History Rage Bookshop</a> . This helps Kit, us and independent booksellers.<br/><br/>You can follow Kit on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/ChemistryKit'>@ChemistryKit</a><br/><br/>You can follow History Rage on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/HistoryRage'>@HistoryRage</a> and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag <a href='https://twitter.com/search?q=%23HistoryRage&amp;src=hashtag_click'>#HistoryRage</a>.<br/><br/>Please support the show on Patreon. In return for your subscription you can set questions for our future guests. Get early release episodes and get your own History Rage mug.<br/>Subscribe at <a href='http://www.patreon.com/historyrage'>www.patreon.com/historyrage</a></p><a rel=\"payment\" href=\"https://www.buymeacoffee.com/historyrage\">Support the show</a><p>You can follow History Rage on Twitter <a href='https://twitter.com/HistoryRage'>@HistoryRage</a> and let us know what you wish people would just stop believing using the Hashtag #HistoryRage.</p> <p>You can join our &apos;Angry Mob&apos; on Patreon as well. £5 per month gets you episodes 3 months early, the invite to choose questions, entry into our prize draws <b>and the coveted History Rage mug</b>. Subscribe at <a href='https://www.patreon.com/historyrage'>www.patreon.com/historyrage</a> </p>","author_name":"Paul Bavill"}