{"product_id":"9780870818288","title":"Uncommon Sense: Understanding Nature's Truths across Time and Culture","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe divide between teaching “intelligent design” and evolution in U.S. schools has brought to the public eye a struggle that archaeoastronomer Anthony Aveni argues is as old as culture itself. All societies seek to understand the natural world, but their search is shaped by culturally distinct views and experiences. In \u003ci\u003eUncommon Sense, \u003c\/i\u003e Aveni explores the common and conflicting ways that ancient and contemporary societies have searched for the literal truth about the natural world’s mysteries, from dinosaur bones to the Star of Bethlehem. Aveni demonstrates that a society’s approach to making sense of the natural world can serve as a working definition of its culture, so strongly does it resonate with fundamental values and assumptions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn ten fascinating essays, Aveni examines topics that have absorbed scientists, religious figures, and ordinary citizens over the centuries. He traces the tug of war between astronomy and astrology, reveals the underpinnings of our notions of cartography and the representation of space and time, and much more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in science, history, and world cultures will revel in this celebration of different cultures’ common and uncommon questions and conclusions about the natural world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University Press of Colorado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47012279288048,"sku":"9780870818288","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780870818288_p0.jpg?v=1763838913","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780870818288","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}