![]() ![]() While cartography might not immediately seem a likely project for a physicist, Goldberg identifies this work as a natural outgrowth of his own core research on gravitational lensing. Picture a vinyl record and flipping it over in your hands-the edge of the record would be the equator. Professor of Physics David Goldberg, PhD, is part of a team that tackled these questions and struck upon what is now the most accurate flat map of the world: a double-sided circle that features the Northern Hemisphere on one side and the Southern Hemisphere on the other. ![]() How do you represent the world globe on a flat surface? Can it be done without distorting the sizes of countries and continents and the distances between places? What would it take to make an accurate flat map?
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