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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet with Smithsonian Curator Matt Shindell
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, June 3rd at 1:00 PM CDT \nhttps://libraryc.org/franklinparishlibrary/48531 \n  \n\n\nMars and its secrets have fascinated and mystified humans since ancient times. Due to its vivid color and visibility\, geologic kinship with Earth\, and potential as our best hope for settlement\, Mars embodies everything that inspires us about space and exploration. For the Love of Mars surveys the red planet’s place in the human imagination\, beginning with ancient astrologers and skywatchers and ending in our present moment of exploration and virtual engagement. \nYou’re invited to come learn alongside Matt Shindell\, National Air and Space Museum curator\, as he introduces viewers to historical figures across eras and around the world who have made sense of this mysterious planet. Shindell will highlight historical figures such as: \n\nMayan astrologer priests who incorporated Mars into seasonal calendars and religious ceremonies;\nBabylonian astrologers who discerned bad omens;\nfigures of the Scientific Revolution who struggled to comprehend it as a world;\nVictorian astronomers who sought signs of intelligent life; and\n20th- and 21st-century scientists who have established a technological presence on its surface.\n\nAlong the way\, we will encounter writers and artists from each period who take readers and viewers on imagined journeys to Mars. \nBy focusing on the diverse human stories behind the telescopes and behind the robots we know and love\, Shindell will show how Mars exploration has evolved in ways that have also expanded knowledge about other facets of the universe. Register now for this captivating voyage through time! \nAbout the Author: Matthew Shindell\, Ph.D.\, is a historian of science with a background in science studies. He is Curator of Earth and Planetary Science at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. He is responsible for the Museum’s collection of spacecraft\, instruments\, and other artifacts related to the exploration and study of our Earth and solar system. He co-hosts the Museum’s podcast\, AirSpace. He curated the Museum’s permanent exhibition\, Exploring the Planets\, and is leading a curatorial team developing the exhibition Futures in Space. Shindell is the author of For the Love of Mars: A Human History of the Red Planet (2023) and The Life and Science of Harold C. Urey (2019)\, coauthor of Spaceships (2023)\, Our Future in Space (2023)\, and Discerning Experts (2019)\, and co-editor of Smithsonian American Women (2019). \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Franklin Parish Library.
URL:https://franklinparishlibrary.org/event/virtual-author-talk-for-the-love-of-mars-a-human-history-of-the-red-planet-with-smithsonian-curator-matt-shindell/
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