Jo Marchant

The Human Cosmos (eBook, ePUB)

A Secret History of the Stars

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

For most of human history, we have had a close relationship with the stars. Once they shaped our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. And it comes at a cost. The Human Cosmos is a tour of this history: from the Hall of the Bulls in Lascaux to Tahitian sailors navigating by the stars; from medieval monks grappling with the nature of time to Einstein realising that space and time are the same. It shows we need to rediscover the universe we inhabit, its effect on our health, and its potential for inspiration and revelation.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781786894052
• Artikelnr.: 58750533

Autorenporträt

Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology and an MSc in science communication. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and Nature, and her articles have appeared in The Guardian, Wired, Observer, New Scientist, and Nature. Jo Marchant's previous book, Cure, hit the New York Times bestseller hardcover nonfiction and science lists and was sold in more than thirty countries. She is also the author of Decoding the Heavens, which, like Cure, was shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

Rezensionen

A dazzling cultural account of our enduring and ever-changing relationship to the cosmos. Beginning with cave paintings and stone circles, Marchant traces humanity's epic journey from a sky filled with gods, spirits and celestial events that shaped people's lives and beliefs to the Big Bang and the search for alien life. This book will change the way you look at the night sky MANJIT KUMAR, author of QUANTUM