Creation Stories Landscapes and the Human Imagination
ISBN: HB: 9780300251241, Yale University Press, June 2021
240 pp., 21,6x14,0 cm, 53 black&white illus.
Drawing from a vast array of creation myths – Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more – this short, illustrated book uncovers both the similarities and differences in our attempts to e...
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Star Stories Constellations and People
ISBN: HB: 9780300241280, Yale University Press, November 2019
208 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 34 black&white illus.
We can see love, betrayal, and friendship in the heavens, if we know where to look. A world expert on cultural understandings of cosmology, Anthony Aveni provides an unconventional atlas of the night sky, introducing readers to tales beloved for gene...
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In the Shadow of the Moon The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses
ISBN: HB: 9780300223194, Yale University Press, June 2017
328 pp., 21,0x14,0 cm, 32 black&white illus.
In anticipation of solar eclipses visible in 2017 and 2024, an exploration of the scientific and cultural significance of this mesmerizing cosmic display. Since the first humans looked up and saw the sun swallowed by darkness, our species has been c...
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