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;X-APPLE-RADIU S=10;X-TITLE=Online:geo:0,0 GEO:0;0 DESCRIPTION:Join us for a fascinating virtual conversation with Smithsonia n National Air and Space Museum curator Matthew Shindell. .\nhttps://ocls. libnet.info/event/17610522 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:The Moon captivates our collective imagina tion\, serving as a calendar\, a mythic deity\, an artistic muse\, and a s cientific frontier. Join us for a fascinating virtual conversation with Sm ithsonian National Air and Space Museum curator Matthew Shindell as we del ve into his book\, Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths\, Maps\, and Matt er.
\nPresident John F. Kennedy&rsquo\;s rousing &ldquo\;We will go to the Moon&rdquo\; speech in 1961 before the US Congress catalyzed the ce lebrated Apollo program\, spurring the US Geological Survey&rsquo\;s scien tists to map the Moon. Over the next eleven years a team of twenty-two\, i ncluding a dozen illustrator-cartographers\, created forty-four charts tha t helped set the course of space exploration.
\nFor the first time\, each of those beautifully hand-drawn\, colorful charts is presented toget her in one stunning book. In Lunar\, National Air and Space Museum curator Matthew Shindell&rsquo\;s expert commentary accompanies each chart\, alon g with the key geological characteristics and interpretations that were se t out in the original Geologic Atlas of the Moon. \;
\nInterwove n throughout the book are contributions from scholars devoted to studying the multifaceted significance of the Moon to humankind around the world. T raveling from the Stone Age to the present day\, they explore a wide range of topics: the prehistoric lunar calendar\; the role of the Moon in creat ion myths of Ancient Egypt\, Greece\, and Rome\; the role of the Moon in a strology\; the importance of the Moon in establishing an Earth-centered so lar system\; the association of the Moon with madness and the menstrual cy cle\; how the Moon governs the tides\; and the use of the Moon in surreali st art.
\nRegister today for a thorough exploration of the Moon&rsqu o\;s role in popular culture\, science\, and myth!
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\nAbout the Author:
\nMatthew Shindell is a historian of science and technology whose work focuses on the exploration of the Earth\, Moon\, and planets and the research programs that made this exploration possible. He is a Space History Curator at the Smithsonian&rsquo\;s National Air and S pace Museum\, and the co-host of the Museum's podcast\, AirSpace. \;\n
Shindell holds a Ph.D. from the University of California\, San Dieg o's History Department and Science Studies Program. He also holds an MFA i n Creative Writing from the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop. He is the author of \;For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Plane t  (2023) and The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey (2019)\, coauthor of Spaceships (2023)\, Our Future in Space (202 3)\, and Discerning Experts (2019)\, editor of \;LUNAR: A History of the Moon in Myths\, Maps\, and Matter\, and co-editor of  Smithsonian American Women  (2019).  \;
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