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The moon : a history for the future / Oliver Morton.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
523.3 MORT	Adult Non Fiction		Padstow .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781788162548 (hardback)
Name	Morton, Oliver author.
Title	The moon : a history for the future / Oliver Morton.
Published	London : The Economist Books, [2019]
Published	©2019
Description	xiii, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Notes	Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-314) and index.
Summary	Every generation has looked up from the Earth and wondered at the beauty of the Moon. 50 years ago, a few Americans became the first to do the reverse-with the whole world watching through their eyes. In this short but wide-ranging book, Oliver Morton explores the history and future of humankind's relationship with the Moon. A counterpoint in the sky, it has shaped our understanding of the Earth from Galileo to Apollo. Its gentle light has spoken of love and loneliness; its battered surface of death and the cosmic. For some, it is a future on which humankind has turned its back. For others, an adventure yet to begin. Advanced technologies, new ambitions and old dreams mean that men, women and robots now seem certain to return to the Moon. What will they learn there about the universe, the Earth-and themselves? And, this time, will they stay?
Subjects	Moon
Subjects	Moon -- Exploration
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Moon . Moon -- Exploration . See Also: Satellites . Space flight to the moon . Space flight to the moon . Authors: Morton, Oliver .