The end of night : searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light / Paul Bogard.
2013
TD195.L52 B64 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
The end of night : searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light / Paul Bogard.
Author
Bogard, Paul, 1966-
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780316182904
0316182907
0316182907
Published
New York : Little, Brown, and Company, 2013.
Language
English
Description
ix, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number
TD195.L52 B64 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
551.56/6
Summary
Describes how ever-present, modern artificial lights have changed the way humans experience darkness and bemoans the fact that the primal dark sky can no longer influence science and art.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-312) and index.
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Table of Contents
From a starry night to a streetlight
Tales from two cities
Light that blinds, fear that enlightens
Body, sleep, and dreams
The ecology of darkness
Know darkness
Come together
The maps of possibility
The darkest places.
Tales from two cities
Light that blinds, fear that enlightens
Body, sleep, and dreams
The ecology of darkness
Know darkness
Come together
The maps of possibility
The darkest places.