Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps, and Matter - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226836515ISBN-10:226836517UPC:9780226836515Book Category:Reference, ScienceBook Subcategory:Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also Travel, Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:Maps & Road Atlases), AstronomySize:14.65 x 10.71 x 1.18 inchesWeight:4.654Product ID:SCJ4PXZG2X
Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps, and Matter
The first book to combine exquisite cartographical charts of the Moon with a thorough exploration of the Moon's role in popular culture, science, and myth. President John F. Kennedy's rousing "We will go to the Moon" speech in 1961 before the US Congress catalyzed the celebrated Apollo program, spurring the US Geological Survey's scientists to map the Moon. Over the next eleven years a team of...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226836515ISBN-10:226836517UPC:9780226836515Book Category:Reference, ScienceBook Subcategory:Atlases, Gazetteers & Maps (see also Travel, Space Science, HistoryBook Topic:Maps & Road Atlases), AstronomySize:14.65 x 10.71 x 1.18 inchesWeight:4.654Product ID:SCJ4PXZG2X
Matthew Shindell curates the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's collection of spacecraft, instruments, and other artifacts related to the exploration and study of our Earth and solar system. He co-hosts the Museum's podcast, AirSpace. A historian of science, he is also the author of For the Love of Mars and The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey, coauthor of Spaceships and Discerning...
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