President John F. Kennedy&rsquo\;s rousing &ldquo\;We will go to the Moon&rdquo\; speech in 1961 before the US Congr ess catalyzed the celebrated Apollo program\, spurring the US Geological S urvey&rsquo\;s scientists to map the Moon. Over the next eleven years a te am of twenty-two\, including a dozen illustrator-cartographers\, created f orty-four charts that helped set the course of space exploration.
\nFor the first time\, each of those beautifully hand-drawn\, colorful chart s is presented together in one stunning book. In Lunar\, National Air and Space Museum curator Matthew Shindell&rsquo\;s expert commentary accompani es each chart\, along with the key geological characteristics and interpre tations that were set out in the original Geologic Atlas of the Moon. \;
\nInterwoven throughout the book are contributions from scholars devoted to studying the multifaceted significance 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 prehistoric lunar calendar\; the role of the Moon in creation myths of ancient Egypt\, Greece\, and Rome\; the r ole of the Moon in astrology\; the importance of the Moon in establishing an Earth-centered solar system\; the association of the Moon with madness and the menstrual cycle\; how the Moon governs the tides\; and the use of the Moon in surrealist art.
\nRegister today for a thorough explorat ion of the Moon&rsquo\;s role in popular culture\, science\, and myth!
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\nAbout the Author:
\nMatthew Shindell is a histo rian of science and technology whose work focuses on the exploration of th e Earth\, Moon\, and planets and the research programs that made this expl oration possible. He is a Space History Curator at the Smithsonian&rsquo\; s National Air and Space Museum\, and the co-host of the Museum's podcast\ , AirSpace. \;
\nShindell holds a Ph.D. from the University of C alifornia\, San Diego's History Department and Science Studies Program. He also holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Iowa's Write rs' Workshop. He is the author of \;For the Love of Mars: A Human Hist ory of the Red Planet  (2023) and The Life and Science of Haro ld C. Urey (2019)\, coauthor of Spaceships (2023)\, Our Future in Space (2023)\, and Discerning Experts (2019)\, edito r of \;Lunar: A History of the Moon in Myths\, Maps\, and Matter\, and co-editor of Smithsonian American Women  (2019).  \ ;
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