{"product_id":"the-women-of-the-moon-tales-of-science-love-sorrow-and-courage-9780198844419","title":"The Women of the Moon: Tales of Science, Love, Sorrow, and Courage","description":"Philosophers and poets in times past tried to figure out why the stainless moon smoothly polished, like a diamond in Dante's words, had stains. The agreed solution was that, like a mirror, it reflected the imperfect Earth. Today we smile, but it was a clever way to understand the Moon in a manner that was consistent with the beliefs of their age. The Moon is no longer the in thing. We see it as often as the Sun and give it little thought -- we've become indifferent. However, the Moon does reflect more than just sunlight. The Moon, or more precisely the nomenclature of lunar craters, still holds up a mirror to an important aspect of human history. Of the 1586 craters that have been named honoring philosophers and scientists, only 28 honor a woman. These 28 women of the Moon present us with an opportunity to meditate on this gap, but perhaps more significantly, they offer us an opportunity to talk about their lives, mostly unknown today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel R. Altschuler, Fernando J. Ballesteros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198844419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDaniel R. Altschuler, Full Professor, Physics Department, University of Puerto Rico, RIo Piedras Campus\u003cbr\u003eFernando J. Ballesteros, Head of instrumentation, Astronomical Observatory of the University of Valencia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDaniel Altschuler Stern is a professor in the Physics Department of the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus. In 1991, he was appointed Senior Research Associate at Cornell University and Director of the Arecibo Observatory, a post he held for 13 years. He is also a Visiting Research\u003cbr\u003eFellow at the Max Planck institute for Radio Astronomy, and a UNESCO fellow at the University of Valencia. His research centered on radio astronomy, in particular on active galactic nuclei and hydrogen in galaxies. In 2010, he received the Andrew Gemant Award from the American Institute of Physics\u003cbr\u003e(AIP) for his science outreach work. Altschuler Stern is the author of \u003cem\u003eChildren of the Stars\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Cambridge University Press and translated into Spanish and Italian. His latest book is \u003cem\u003eContra la Simpleza, Sciencia y Pseudociencia\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFernando Ballesteros Rosello is Head of Instrumentation at the Astronomical Observatory of the University of Valencia. He worked on the design of the gamma-ray space telescope INTEGRAL (ESA), in orbit around the earth. Currently his research centers on astrobiology and exoplanets. In 2006 he was\u003cbr\u003eawarded the European Prize for Scientific Outreach, Estudi General, for his book \u003cem\u003eE.T. Talk: How Will We Communicate with Intelligent Life on Other Worlds?\u003c\/em\u003e and the Bronze Prism award in 2016 for his book, \u003cem\u003eFractales y caos. La aventura de la complejidad\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of over ten other books, \u003cbr\u003eincluding: \u003cem\u003eAstrobiologia, un puente entre el Big Bang y la vida\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e10.000 anos mirando estrellas.\u003c\/em\u003e He was co-host of the Spanish National Radio program \"The Sounds of Science\" and regularly publishes science outreach articles in the press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40603783561331,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":42.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_9cae04fe-2563-41a3-a968-310c4cc5787c.jpg?v=1669395809","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-women-of-the-moon-tales-of-science-love-sorrow-and-courage-9780198844419","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}