Science confirms Plato’s Theory: Earth is made of cubes
Oct 15, 2021
3 minutes
BY CAROLINE DELBERT
WHAT WOULD YOU get if you smashed the Earth into little bits? To answer that question, scientists from the US and Hungary ran a series of simulations illustrating the ways that rock fractures. The results help us understand the natural shapes on Earth and across our solar system. They also confirmed what philosopher Plato had theorised in ancient Greece: As you break down the Earth, it crumbles into cubes.
This explains the distinct fracture patterns observed in nature, says study co-author Douglas Jerolmack,
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