Episode 86: Moon: Art, Science, Culture

Moon: Art, Science, Culture The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11
landing was a momentous event and expected to be marked by numerous
publications. Most books cover the technologies, events, personal
recollections and politics of the first human voyage to another
world. One book jointly authored by an art historian and an
astronomer has a fresh perspective. The guests in this episode are
the authors of the book Moon: Art, Science, Culture - Dr Alexandra
Loske Associate Tutor in Art History, University of Sussex and Dr
Robert Massey Deputy Executive Director Royal Astronomical Society.
The book is attracting an interesting eclectic mix of readers with
an interest in science and art. Some of the topics we spoke about
include Fritz Lang’s 1929 sci-fi movie (watch full-length movie on
Youtube here) Frau im Mond.The book has a chapter about the Nebra
Sky Disk and we also discussed the Antikythera Mechanism.One of the
earliest books with a picture of the Moon, called The Moon:
Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite  (link offers
free download) written in 1874 by James Nasmyth and James
Carpenter. Here is an interesting review of it from Dr Stephanie
O’Rourke from the University of St Andrews.The Bluedot Festival at
Jodrell bank starts on Friday 19th July Embed video if there is one