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\nThe Moon capt ivates our collective imagination\, serving as a calendar\, a mythic deity \, an artistic muse\, and a scientific frontier. Join us for a fascinating virtual conversation with Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum curat or Matthew Shindell as we delve into his book\, Lunar: A History of th e Moon in Myths\, Maps\, and Matter.
\nPresident John F. Kenned y&rsquo\;s rousing &ldquo\;We will go to the Moon&rdquo\; speech in 1961 b efore the US Congress catalyzed the celebrated Apollo program\, spurring t he US Geological Survey&rsquo\;s scientists to map the Moon. Over the next eleven years a team of twenty-two\, including a dozen illustrator-cartogr aphers\, created forty-four charts that helped set the course of space exp loration.
\nFor the first time\, each of those beautifully hand-draw n\, colorful charts is presented together in one stunning book. In Lun ar\, National Air and Space Museum curator Matthew Shindell&rsquo\;s expert commentary accompanies each chart\, along with the key geological c haracteristics and interpretations that were set out in the original G eologic Atlas of the Moon. \;
\nInterwoven throughout the b ook are contributions from scholars devoted to studying the multifaceted s ignificance of the Moon to humankind around the world. Traveling from the Stone Age to the present day\, they explore a wide range of topics: the pr ehistoric lunar calendar\; the role of the Moon in creation myths of ancie nt Egypt\, Greece\, and Rome\; the role of the Moon in astrology\; the imp ortance of the Moon in establishing an Earth-centered solar system\; the a ssociation of the Moon with madness and the menstrual cycle\; how the Moon governs the tides\; and the use of the Moon in surrealist art.
\nRe gister today for a thorough exploration of the Moon&rsquo\;s role in popul ar culture\, science\, and myth!
\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 Histo ry Curator at the Smithsonian&rsquo\;s National Air and Space Museum\, and the co-host of the Museum's podcast\, AirSpace. \;
\nShindell h olds a Ph.D. from the University of California\, San Diego's History Depar tment and Science Studies Program. He also holds an MFA in Creative Writin g from the University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop. He is the author of&nbs p\;For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet  (2023) and The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey (2019)\, coauthor of Spaceships (2023)\, Our Future in Spa ce (2023)\, and Discerning Experts (2019)\ , editor of \;Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths\, Maps\, and M atter\, and co-editor of Smithsonian American Womenâ €¯(2019).  \;
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