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17 produkter
Star Stories
Constellations and People
E-bok, 2019
286 kr
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"Skillfully guides us around the awesome night sky through the imagination of different peoples around the world, past and present. A wonderful treasury." —Jacqueline Mitton, author of Zoo in the SkyMost of us can recall searching the clouds as children for recognizable shapes and pictures. …
Creation Stories
Landscapes and the Human Imagination
Inbunden, 2021
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
274 kr
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An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity’s origins through narratives about the natural environmentDrawing from a vast array of creation myths—Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more—this concise …
Creation Stories
Landscapes and the Human Imagination
E-bok, 2021
328 kr
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An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity''s origins through narratives about the natural environmentDrawing from a vast array of creation myths—Babylonian, Greek, Aztec, Maya, Inca, Chinese, Hindu, Navajo, Polynesian, African, Norse, Inuit, and more—this short, …
Star Stories
The Myths Written in the Skies
Häftad, 2026
266 kr
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Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures“Aveni skillfully guides us around the awesome night sky through the imagination of different peoples around the world, past and present. A wonderful treasury of cultural …
Conversing with the Planets
How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos
E-bok, 2012
95 kr
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An award-winning professor takes readers on a guided tour of the stunning celestial discoveries of past cultures. Interweaving the astronomy, mythology, and anthropology of ancient peoples, Aveni shows how to discover the harmony between their beliefs and their study of the sky through naked-eye …
Stairways to the Stars: Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures
Häftad, 1999
276 kr
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Aliens Like Us?
An Anthropologist's Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
Inbunden, 2025
315 kr
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In this authoritative, accessible, and at times funny and irreverent work, distinguished anthropologist Anthony Aveni speaks to the trained astrophysicist and the curious layperson alike about a simple but previously unexplored question: Why do we assume aliens, if they are really out there, behave …
Aliens Like Us?
An Anthropologist's Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life
Häftad, 2026
231 kr
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Are aliens even out there? If so, why do we assume we can imagine what they look like, or how they will relate humanity? Anthony Aveni provides us with a thoroughly entertaining analysis of our fasincation and speculation of what is out there. In this authoritative, accessible, and at times funny …
Empires of Time
Calendars, Clocks, and Cultures
Häftad, 2002
507 kr
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"Aveni ...explores the interplay of culture and time in this edifying and readable cross-cultural study of timekeeping through the ages." -The Sciences
Circling the Square
How the Conquest Altered the Shape of Time in Mesoamerica, Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 102, Part 5)
Häftad, 2012
516 kr
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Class Not Dismissed
Reflections on Undergraduate Education and Teaching the Liberal Arts
Häftad, 2014
269 kr
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In Class Not Dismissed, award-winning professor Anthony Aveni tells the personal story of his six decades in college classrooms and some of the 10,000 students who have filled them. Through anecdotes of his own triumphs and tribulations—some amusing, others heartrending—Aveni reveals his teaching …
Apocalyptic Anxiety
Religion, Science, and America's Obsession with the End of the World
Häftad, 2016
381 kr
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Apocalyptic Anxiety traces the sources of American culture’s obsession with predicting and preparing for the apocalypse. Author Anthony Aveni explores why Americans take millennial claims seriously, where and how end-of-the-world predictions emerge, how they develop within a broader historical …
In the Shadow of the Moon
The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses
Inbunden, 2017
275 kr
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In anticipation of solar eclipses visible in 2017 and 2024, an exploration of the scientific and cultural significance of this mesmerizing cosmic displaySince the first humans looked up and saw the sun swallowed by darkness, our species has been captivated by solar eclipses. Astronomer and …
Star Stories
Constellations and People
Inbunden, 2019
275 kr
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Follow an epic animal race, a quest for a disembodied hand, and an emu egg hunt in constellation stories from diverse cultures“Aveni skillfully guides us around the awesome night sky through the imagination of different peoples around the world, past and present. A wonderful treasury of cultural …
Uncommon Sense
Understanding Nature's Truths Across Time and Culture
Inbunden, 2006
310 kr
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Disputes over religion and science, such as the divide between teaching "intelligent design" and evolution in U.S. schools, have brought to the public eye a struggle that Anthony Aveni argues is as old as culture itself. All societies seek to understand the natural world, but their search is shaped …
Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy
A Reader with Commentary
Häftad, 2008
464 kr
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Gazing into the black skies from the Anasazi observatory at Chimney Rock or the Castillo Pyramid in the Maya ruins of Chichén Itzá, a modern visitor might wonder what ancient stargazers looked for in the skies and what they saw. Once considered unresearchable, these questions now drive cultural …
Madrid Codex
New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript
Av Gabrielle Vail, Anthony Aveni
Häftad, 2009
406 kr
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This volume offers new calendrical models and methodologies for reading, dating, and interpreting the general significance of the Madrid Codex. The longest of the surviving Maya codices, this manuscript includes texts and images painted by scribes conversant in Maya hieroglyphic writing, a written …
