Nostrildamus would have been one of the high priests back in the dark ages killing scientists who said the earth was round.
Oh,please. From the time of Eratosthenes (276 BC - 194 BC), every educated person in Europe knew not only that the earth was round, but how big it was. That people once believed the earth was flat is a modern myth, dating back less than 200 years. The book Inventing the Flat Earth, by Jeffrey Russell, gives a history of this myth: who invented it; who propagated it; and why.
Decry Waxman all you want; I agree with you. But let's get the history straight.