
North
The Rise and Fall of the Polar Cosmos
Gyrus(Author)
Strange Attractor Press
Published on 18. September 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-907222-27-6 (ISBN)
Description
A bold vision of cosmology mapping how the pole star became associated with political power, religious rapture, and social hierarchies.From H.P. Lovecraft to Philip Pullman, popular culture is rife with the mystique of the North.Why does it command such fascination? How far into the past do its roots extend?Ranging from the Stone Age to the Space Age, North's bold vision of cosmology maps how the pole star became associated with political power, religious rapture, and social hierarchies. And when the Copernican Revolution unseated the idea of Earth as the centre of everything, shards of this polar cosmos fell down, seeding strange fantasies, haunting our modern world with remnants of celestial dreams.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
43 s/w Abbildungen
43 b&w illus.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-907222-27-6 (9781907222276)
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