The world of the moon

The Moon will soon hold no secrets for you!

Poetic and luminous, the night star has fascinated us since... the dawn of time. Astronomy, beliefs, the arts, science, the conquest of space, gardening: the moon has marked every human adventure. In this book full of surprising anecdotes, discover the moon's central place in mythology and religion; how it has inspired poets and artists from Van Gogh to Baudelaire, Charles Trenet and Sting; the long-secret details of the race to the moon between the USA and the USSR, and what the first man to set foot on its powdery surface really said; and the truths and myths about its influence on tides, plants, animals and human behavior.

160 pages