A cultural and scientific history of the Moon from prehistoric archaeology to the most recent technological and scientific research today.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD 2024

'Superb: as much a feat of imagination as it is a work of globe-trotting scholarship'

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'I learned more about the Moon by reading this book than after a lifetime of study'

CHRIS HADFIELD, author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

'You will never look at the Moon the same way again . . . fascinating'

NEW STATESMAN

'Boyle's writing shines, shifting through time and space, science and sentiment; a luminous read'

REBECCA WRAGG SYKES, author of Kindred

'A riveting feat of science writing'

ED YONG, author of An Immense World

Every living being throughout history, across time and geography, has gazed up at the same moon.

From the first prehistoric life that crawled onto land to the present day, the Moon has driven the expansion and development of our world, inspired scientific discovery and culture, and stirred an inexhaustible desire to know where we come from and how we got here.

As astronauts around the world prepare to return to the Moon - opening up new frontiers of discovery, profit and politics - Our Moon tells the dazzling story of how the Moon has shaped life as we know it, fuelled dramatic change across the globe and could be the key to humanity's future.