The World of the Moon

The Moon will soon have no more secrets for you!

Poetic and luminous, the star of the night has fascinated us since... the dawn of time. Astronomy, beliefs, arts, sciences, space conquest, gardening: the moon has marked the whole adventure of humanity. In this book full of surprising anecdotes, discover the central place of the moon in mythologies and religions; how the moon has inspired poets and artists, from Van Gogh to Baudelaire, Charles Trenet or Sting; the long-secret details of the race to the moon between the United States and the USSR, and what was really said by the first man to set foot on its powdery surface; as well as the truths and myths about its influence on the tides, plants, animals and human behavior.

160 pages