{"product_id":"north-gyrus-9781907222276","title":"North: The Rise and Fall of the Polar Cosmos","description":"\u003cb\u003eA bold vision of cosmology mapping how the pole star became associated with political power, religious rapture, and social hierarchies.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom H.P. Lovecraft to Philip Pullman, popular culture is rife with the mystique of the North.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy does it command such fascination? How far into the past do its roots extend?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRanging from the Stone Age to the Space Age, \u003ci\u003eNorth\u003c\/i\u003e's bold vision of cosmology maps how the pole star became associated with political power, religious rapture, and social hierarchies. And when the Copernican Revolution unseated the idea of Earth as the centre of everything, shards of this polar cosmos fell down, seeding strange fantasies, haunting our modern world with remnants of celestial dreams...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gyrus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1907222278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781907222276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Strange Attractor Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.90d","brand":"Gyrus","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47611836399871,"sku":"9781907222276","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_76731be0-ffaa-4524-89c0-13250c36db6f.jpg?v=1764516393","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/north-gyrus-9781907222276","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}