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02090aam a2200373 i 4500 001 EC6AB9389C8E11E981649E3E97128E48 003 SILO 005 20190702010117 008 181015s2019 nyua b 001 0 eng c 020 $a 9781454931980 020 $a 1454931981 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a zmo---- 050 14 $a QB581.9 $b .W37 2019 082 04 $a 523.3 $2 23 100 1 $a Warmflash, David, $e author. 245 10 $a Moon : $b an illustrated history : from ancient myths to the colonies of tomorrow / $c David Warmflash. 264 1 $a New York : $b Sterling Publishing Company Inc, $c [2019] 300 $a xi, 211 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 23 cm. 490 0 $a Sterling illustrated histories. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-208) and index. 520 $a "Moon: An Illustrated History chronologically presents 100 milestones in the Moon's development and exploration. Starting 4.5 billion years ago when the Moon formed, this stunning volume moves from the hypotheses of the Moon's formation (4.5 billion years ago) to sixth-century BCE predictions of solar eclipses, from the twentieth-century Space Race between the US and the Soviet Union to private space companies and possible future lunar colonies. Find out about lunar calendar systems and cults in the Bible; how lunar brightness was used to estimate stellar distances; how advancing telescopes in the seventeenth century allowed us to eye the Moon more closely; how author Jules Verne inspired the Father of Astronautics; the originals of the Saturn V Moon Rocket; the Apollo missions, and so much more."--Amazon. 651 0 $a Moon $x History. 651 0 $a Moon $v Pictorial works. 650 0 $a Space flight to the moon. 651 0 $a Moon $x Exploration. 650 0 $a Astronomy $x History. 941 $a 4 952 $l BPPB851 $d 20220419011307.0 952 $l XSPE157 $d 20200114015523.0 952 $l YMPD532 $d 20191213024826.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20190702012659.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EC6AB9389C8E11E981649E3E97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search