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Bogard, Paul, 1966-
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Light pollution.
Night -- Psychological aspects.
Lighting -- Physiological aspects.
Lighting -- Social aspects.
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Bogard, Paul, 1966-
Light pollution.
Night -- Psychological aspects.
Lighting -- Physiological aspects.
Lighting -- Social aspects.
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The end of night : searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light / Paul Bogard.
by
Bogard, Paul, 1966-
Little, Brown, and Company, 2013.
Call #:
551.566 B674e
Subjects
Light pollution.
Night
--
Psychological
aspects
.
Lighting
--
Physiological
aspects
.
Lighting
--
Social
aspects
.
ISBN:
9780316182904 (hc.)
0316182907 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
ix, 325 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-312) and index.
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.
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.
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