Moon: Nature and Culture

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A witty and informative tale of everything lunar, tracing the moon's cultural resonance throughout humanity's history.Since humans first gazed upward, the moon has hung in the sky virtually unchanged, entrancing generations of poets, artists and scientists. Once worshipped as a deity, often thought to cause madness, now known to manipulate our tides and much else besides, humanity's relationship with the moon has been ever-changing; the one constant has been our continued fascination with it.Moongives a comprehensive account of our lunar companion's significance, tracing its origins out of a collision with Earth and following its rich cultural resonance in the worlds of literature, art, religion and politics.

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Moon is well illustrated throughout . . . an enlightening and interesting account of the Moon and its continuing and expanding influence on mankind. * Sky at Night Magazine *
an enjoyable narrative that is well illustrated by images captured by spacecraft, drawn by astronomers, artists and designers, and depicted in science fiction movies. * Nature Geoscience *

Author Bio

Edgar Williams was Professor of Cardiopulmonary Science at the University of South Wales, conducting research in respiratory and cardiovascular physiology. He was the author of Moon: Nature and Culture (2014) in Reaktions Earth series.