by Jean-Pierre Verdet · El Pais Aguilar · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788403600539
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«El cielo, ¿caos o armonía?» is a popular science essay by Jean-Pierre Verdet (El País Aguilar, paperback, 186 pages, in Spanish).
The book reviews the relationship between the sky and culture: astrology, almanacs, meteorology, astronomy and literature coexist with legends and popular beliefs, from myths about the sun and comets to phenomena such as the cyclone. An illustrated journey that contrasts the scientific explanation with ancient and contemporary imagination.
Work originally published in French in 1987; this Spanish edition is from 1989.
Aimed at readers interested in popular science and the history of beliefs and myths about the sky.
Jean-Pierre Verdet is a French astronomer, historian of astronomy and mathematician.
