by Andrew Smith · Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007155422
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«Moondust: In Search of the Men Who Fell to Earth» is the historical essay by Andrew Smith, published by Perennial in paperback (384 pages, in English).
Journalist Andrew Smith tracks down the nine surviving astronauts from the Apollo missions who walked on the Moon to ask them how that experience changed their lives. A blend of history, reportage and memoir, the book portrays the psychological weight of having set foot on another world and the optimistic spirit of an era.
The work was originally published in 2005; the Harper Perennial edition described here is a reprint from August 2006.
For fans of space exploration, the history of the Apollo program and narrative non-fiction journalism.
Sir Andrew Smith was a British surgeon, explorer, ethnologist and zoologist. He is considered the father of zoology in South Africa having described many species across a wide range of groups in his major work, Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa.
