The Big Splat, Or How Our Moon Came To Be

This science history relates one of the great breakthroughs in astronomy - the evolution of a theory of the moon's genesis. It explains how the moon was born, e... » 

This science history relates one of the great breakthroughs in astronomy - the evolution of a theory of the moon's genesis. It explains how the moon was born, exploring notions of the moon in classical cosmology and relating the history of lunar speculation from Galileo to modern astronomers. «