New Book By CCS Dean Gerardo Aldana

May 24, 2021

Calculating Brilliance to be released in 2022

Calculating Brilliance by Gerardo Aldana
Calculating Brilliance by Gerardo Aldana

Dean Aldana's new book, Calculating Brilliance, explores the history of Mayan astronomy in the large pre-Columbian city of Chich’en Itza. The book follows Mayan astronomy through the ages as it explores the development of Mayan science and its continued global impact into the twenty-first century, including a focus on a female Mayan astronomer, Ilaj K’uk’il Ek’, and the widespread effect of her work. Calculating Brilliance is set to be released in 2022. Read more here.