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Moon : a brief history /

Using werewolves and Wernher von Braun, Stonehenge and the sex lives of sea corals, aboriginal myths, and an Anglican bishop in this new book, the author weaves variegated information into a glimpse of Earth's closest celestial neighbor, whose mere presence inspires us to wonder what might be o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brunner, Bernd, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2010]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Gazing at the moon -- Moon of the mind -- Charting the moonscape -- Pale sun of the night -- Encounters of a lunar kind -- Lunar passion in Paris -- Accounts of genesis -- A riddled surface -- Lunar choreography -- Esoteric practices -- Spurious correspondences -- Visions of the moon -- Before and after Apollo. 
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