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結合感性與理性的美麗圖書
【Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths, Maps + Matter】
《月球：神話與科學》
@Thames & Hudson原文書
@全彩精裝/256頁/超大開本26.5 x 36.5 cm
@作者：Matthew Shindell, Dava Sobel
★本書展現月球手繪地質圖的美麗，並結合了對這顆地球衛星的象徵和神話聯想的重述。
1961年5月25日，甘迺迪總統在向美國國會發表講話時啟動了阿波羅計劃，隨後美國地質調查局的科學家們開始了月球地質繪圖。在接下來的11年中，一支由22名科學家和插畫制圖師組成的團隊創建了44張精美的地圖……現在，加入史密森尼博物館行星科學策展人Matthew Shindell的行列，重新發現這些精細詳細的手繪圖表，這些地圖標示了關鍵地質特徵和月球登陸點，並搭配最新的衛星成像和歷史月球照片。
千百年來，月球一直是奇觀與象徵意義的來源，並且是一種標示時間流逝的工具。在書中31篇啟示性的文章中，專家團隊探討了月球在神話和流行文化中的角色，並追溯了我們對地球自然衛星不斷演變的科學理解，從史前月曆的創建、到2017年「阿提米絲計劃」(Artemis missions)的啟動。
A beautiful showcase of hand-drawn geological charts of the Moon, combined with a retelling of the symbolic and mythical associations of Earth’s satellite
On 25 May 1961 President Kennedy set Project Apollo in motion with his address to the US Congress setting out his plan, and scientists at the US Geological Survey embarked on the geological mapping of the Moon. Over the next 11 years, a team of 22 scientists and illustrator-cartographers created 44 superb maps – one for each named quadrangle on the nearside of the Moon.
Join Matthew Shindell, curator of Planetary Science at the Smithsonian, and rediscover these meticulously detailed, hand-rendered and airbrushed charts. Now – for the first time – the maps are plotted with key geological features and lunar landings, and paired with up-to-date satellite imaging and historic lunar photographs. For millennia, the Moon has been a source of wonder and symbolic significance as well as a tool for marking the passage of time. In 31 revelatory articles, a team of experts explores the role of the Moon in mythology and popular culture, and traces our evolving scientific understanding of the Earth’s natural satellite, from the creation of the prehistoric lunar calendar to the launch of the Artemis missions.
