Our Moon : how Earth's celestial companion transformed the planet, guided evolution, and made us who we are

Book 2024

"Far from being a lifeless ornament in the sky, the Moon holds the answers to some of science's central questions. Silent, dry, and barren, Earth's 4.34-billion-year-old companion is essential to life on earth. Its gravity stabilized the Earth's orbit, and, as it once guided evolution, its tide stirring up nutrients that fostered complex life, it now influences everything from animal migrations and reproduction to the movements of plants' leaves....

Item Details & Discovery

Explore Topics & Themes:

Moon

Moon History

Moon Philosophy

Moon Religious aspects

Moon Social aspects

View technical details & catalog information

ISBN:

9780593129722
0593129725

Edition:

First edition

Description:

xviii, 313 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 25 cm

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

A world apart
The creation
The biographer of the Earth
The moon and the origin of species
The beginning of time
Early civilization and the compass of time
The ornament of the sky
The voyage of discovery begins with the moon
The moon in our eyes
Journeys of the mind
The Eagle and the reliquary
Our eighth continent

LCCN:

2023011947

Control Number:

3279037

View in Classic Catalog