NORTH: The Rise & Fall of the Polar Cosmos
Popular culture has long been lured by the magnetism of the north. This work's bold vision of cosmology maps how the pole star became associated with political power, religious rapture, and social hierarchies. When the Copernican Revolution shattered the idea of Earth as the center of everything, shards of this polar cosmos fell down. Photos.
Format: Paperbound
Pages: 310
Publisher: Strange Attractor
Publishing status: Current
ISBN: 9781907222276
Item #: 1956833