by Jean-Pierre Verdet · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070530328
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«Le ciel ordre et désordre» is Jean-Pierre Verdet's popular science work on myths and astronomy, published by Gallimard in paperback (200 pages, in French).
The book explores the relationship between the sky and the human imagination: the sun, the moon, comets and shooting stars have fuelled superstitions, myths and legends. It also explains how seasons, storms, lightning and rain have been interpreted as interventions by gods and monsters. It combines popular culture and scientific knowledge, with forays into astrology, meteorology, astronomy and literature, and includes illustrations.
It belongs to the Découvertes Gallimard collection, Traditions series. Jean-Pierre Verdet, the book's author, holds a doctorate in science.
For those who enjoy popular science, mythology and folk traditions.
Jean-Pierre Verdet is a French astronomer, historian of astronomy and mathematician.
