Description: Like new condition from a clean smoke-free environment. Shipped quickly via USPS media mail. NATIONAL BESTSELLER A riveting feat of science writing that recasts that most familiar of celestial objects into something eerily extraordinary, pivotal to our history, and awesome in the original sense of the word.Ed Yong, New York Times bestselling author of An Immense World A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Many of us know that the Moon pulls on our oceans, driving the tides, but did you know that it smells like gunpowder? Or that it was essential to the development of science and religion? Acclaimed journalist Rebecca Boyle takes readers on a dazzling tour to reveal the intimate role that our 4.51-billion-year-old companion has played in our biological and cultural evolution. Our Moons gravity stabilized Earths orbitand its climate. It drew nutrients to the surface of the primordial ocean, where they fostered the evolution of complex life. The Moon continues to influence animal migration and reproduction, plants movements, and, possibly, the flow of the very blood in our veins. While the Sun helped prehistoric hunters and gatherers mark daily time, early civilizations used the phases of the Moon to count months and years, allowing them to plan farther ahead. Mesopotamian priests recorded the Moons position in order to make predictions, and, in the process, created the earliest known empirical, scientific observations. In Our Moon, Boyle introduces us to ancient astronomers and major figures of the scientific revolution, including Johannes Kepler and his influential lunar science fiction. Our relationship to the Moon changed when Apollo astronauts landed on it in 1969, and its about to change again. As governments and billionaires aim to turn a profit from its resources, Rebecca Boyle shows us that the Moon belongs to everybody, and nobody at all.
Price: 21 USD
Location: Powder Springs, Georgia
End Time: 2024-12-21T13:01:48.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Book Title: Our Moon : How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
Number of Pages: 336 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Item Height: 1.1 in
Topic: Space Science, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, History, Astronomy
Publication Year: 2024
Genre: Social Science, Science
Item Weight: 20 oz
Item Length: 9.5 in
Author: Rebecca Boyle
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
