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The Hollow Earth is a concept proposing that the planet Earth is entirely hollow or contains a substantial interior space. Notably suggested by Edmond Halley in the late 17th century, the notion was disproven, first tentatively by Pierre Bouguer in 1740, then definitively by Charles Hutton in his Schiehallion experiment around 1774.
The crux of the hollow earth theory is that the earth is a shell with walls about 800 miles thick. In the polar regions there are holes 1400 miles across, with edges that curve smoothly from the outside of the shell around to the inside.
17 sie 2023 · A glimpse into the history and origins of the hollow Earth theory. Learn how a legitimate scientific hypothesis evolved into such an intriguing conspiracy theory.
21 paź 2015 · Modern science holds that the Earth is an unbroken series of layers, crusts, and liquid magma surrounding a dense, hot core made primarily of iron and nickel. But in the 17th century, some of the...
26 lip 2022 · Scientists are sure that the Earth is not hollow, partly because it’s much denser than the rocks found on the surface. Elites are not hiding the poles from the public — they can be seen in ...
11 gru 2020 · The Hollow Earth Theory Isn't So Funny Anymore. Owen Egerton's 2017 book Hollow used the theory to tell its story. Now that conspiracies are everywhere, he's reconsidering that move....
1 sty 2013 · Whether it was Halley's genuine scientific curiosity, Teed's and Bender's counterculture religious beliefs, or modern anti-establishment conspiracy theories, we find that the hollow Earth is not so hollow after all; but is pregnant with sociological insight.
