num_pages: 328
description: Revised and updated, Conversing With The Planets interweaves astronomy, mythology, and anthropology to explore what the universe means to us and what it meant to our ancestors. Aveni also deftly illustrates the influence of our culture and beliefs on the path of scientific discovery, tracing the rise and fall of astronomy as blown by the prevailing winds of religious, philosophical, and political change.
language: English
title: Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos
titlecomplete: Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos
genres: Science, Nonfiction, Astrology, Mythology, Astronomy, History
ratings_count: 52
publisher: Univ Pr of Colorado