I am curious to know what impact this work, and the hypothesis (and results) it presents, have had any impact on communities at all. I wonder whether anybody has picked up where Knight and Butler have left off, mapping genomes to pixels. I question the notion of a human-created moon, because it would suppose that at some point we will come to a place where the moon is either threatened or does not exist. The remainder of the subject matter was adroitly handled, with a careful simplicity that deserves applause.īut I do have questions. When we got into discussions about quantum mechanics, mobius twists, and the nature of what I will render as ‘multiverses’ rather than ‘multiple universes’, that’s really the only point in the book wherein the content became challenging enough to exercise my brain to the point where it hurt.

It’s a difficult subject, and Knight and Butler handle it with clarity, simplicity, and skill. At its heart, scientific enquiry requires a sense of adventure and a good imagination. I know very well that those who staunchly defend Science will instantly guffaw at the notion of the moon being built, it is those self-same people who ought to be able to follow the evidence in all of its forms, and be curious about the outcome. You will learn, as you read, to unravel your own prejudices and follow the path of exploration. You will learn about units of Sumerian measurement, and why they are central to understanding astronomical anomalies. Their quest to discover the moon’s origins took them (and subsequently, you, as you read this book) to some far out, apparently unrelated, and yet deeply interesting places. Knight and Butler became curious about the origins of the moon.

While the very title of the book, Who Built the Moon?, may cause your hackles to rise with indignation, it’s at once a challenge to your open-mindedness, and extremely ballsy. Reprinted 2011.Ĭhristopher Knight and Alan Butler’s story is an intriguing scientific journey. Who Built The Moon? by Christopher Knight

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