Conversing with the Planets: How Science and Myth Invented the Cosmos

Anthony Aveni is the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies at Colgate University. He has researched and written about Maya astronomy for more than four decades. He was named a US National Professor of the year and has been awarded the H. B. Nicholson Medal for Excellence in show more Research in Mesoamerican Studies by Harvard's Peabody Museum. He is the author of several books, including Class Not Dismissed, Uncommon Sense, and Empires of Time. show less