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Trotta, Roberto.
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Stars.
Cosmology -- History.
Astronomy -- History.
Science and civilization.
Outer space.
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Trotta, Roberto.
Stars.
Cosmology -- History.
Astronomy -- History.
Science and civilization.
Outer space.
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Starborn
:
how
the
stars
made
us
(and
who
we
would
be
without
them
) / Roberto Trotta.
by
Trotta, Roberto.
Basic Books, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Call #:
520 T858s
Subjects
Stars
.
Cosmology -- History.
Astronomy -- History.
Science and civilization.
Outer space.
ISBN:
9781541674776 (hc)
9781529346084 (UK hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xii, 336 p. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
"A sweeping inquiry into
how
the night sky has shaped human history. For as long as humans have lived,
we
have lived beneath the
stars
. But under the glow of today’s artificial lighting,
we
have lost the intimacy our ancestors once shared with the cosmos. In
Starborn
, cosmologist Roberto Trotta reveals
how
stargazing has shaped the course of human civilization. The
stars
have served as our timekeepers, our navigators, our muses -- they were once even our gods.
How
radically different
would
we
be, Trotta also asks, if our ancestors had looked up to the night sky and seen...nothing? He pairs the history of our starstruck species with a dramatic alternate version, a world
without
stars
where our understanding of science, art, and ourselves
would
have been radically altered. Revealing the hidden connections between astronomy and civilization,
Starborn
summons
us
to the marvelous sight that awaits
us
on a dark, clear night -- to lose ourselves in the immeasurable vastness above."--Publisher.
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520 T858s
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