Our Moon
About This Book
The Moon seems to belong to everyone. Every human culture, in both hemispheres, has shared it, and Rebecca Boyle argues that our bond with it is much older and stronger than the photographs and bags of lunar soil from Apollo. In her view, Apollo and today's efforts to return people to the lunar surface are only one chapter in a long love story between humans and their constant companion. Our Moon is a cultural and scientific history of the Moon from prehistory to the present. It begins with archaeological discoveries and moves through cultural and spiritual interpretations of the Moon. It covers the Apollo landing in 1969 and goes on to the latest findings about what the Moon is made of, where it came from, and how its origins relate to those of Earth. The book draws on archaeology, anthropology, sociology, cultural history, the history of science, ideas about time and the planet, and advances in technology. Running through it is the persistent human wish to know where we come from and how we got here.
ISBN: 9781529342796
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