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Our Moon
A Human History
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024 'Superb: as much a feat of imagination as it is a work of globe-trotting scholarship' TELEGRAPH 'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study' CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide...
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A cultural and scientific history of the Moon from prehistoric archaeology to the most recent technological and scientific research today.
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024
'Superb: as much a feat of imagination as it is a work of globe-trotting scholarship'
TELEGRAPH
'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'
CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth
'You will never look at the Moon the same way again . . . fascinating'
NEW STATESMAN
'Boyle's writing shines, shifting through time and space, science and sentiment; a luminous read'
REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of Kindred
'A riveting feat of science writing'
ED YONG, author of An Immense World
Every living being throughout history, across time and geography, has gazed up at the same moon.
From the first prehistoric life that crawled onto land to the present day, the Moon has driven the expansion and development of our world, inspired scientific discovery and culture, and stirred an inexhaustible desire to know where we come from and how we got here.
As astronauts around the world prepare to return to the Moon—opening up new frontiers of discovery, profit and politics—Our Moon tells the dazzling story of how the Moon has shaped life as we know it, fuelled dramatic change across the globe and could be the key to humanity's future.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781529342826
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 30 January 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Sceptre
Illustration: 2 x 8pp colour plate sections
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 260g
Pages: 336
About the Author
Rebecca Boyle is an award-winning science writer. She writes for The Atlantic, the New York Times, New Scientist, Popular Science, Smithsonian Air & Space, and many other publications. She is a member of the group science blog The Last Word on Nothing. Boyle was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and has been the recipient of numerous writing awards throughout her career. Her work has been anthologised three times in The Best American Science & Nature Writing. Boyle is a former newspaper reporter, a former Space Camp attendee, and a lifelong Moon enthusiast.
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