The human cosmos : (Record no. 2706)

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fixed length control field 210503s2020 nyu e b 001 0 eng
010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER
LC control number 2020004943
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780593183014 (hardcover)
International Standard Book Number 0593183010 (hardcover)
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System control number (OCoLC)1133278443
050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number QB981
Item number .M37 2020
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Marchant, Jo,
Dates associated with a name 1973-
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The human cosmos :
Remainder of title civilization and the stars /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jo Marchant.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. [New York, N.Y.] :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Dutton,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. c2020.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 386 p.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (p. [321]-375) and index.
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Prologue -- Myth -- Land -- Fate -- Faith -- Time -- Ocean -- Power -- Light -- Art -- Life -- Aliens -- Mind -- Epilogue.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "An historically unprecedented disconnect between humanity and the heavens has opened. Jo Marchant's book can begin to heal it. For at least 20,000 years, we have led not just an earthly existence but a cosmic one. Celestial cycles drove every aspect of our daily lives. Our innate relationship with the stars shaped who we are--our art, religious beliefs, social status, scientific advances, and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. It's a disconnect with a dire cost. Our relationship to the stars and planets has moved from one of awe, wonder and superstition to one where technology is king--the cosmos is now explored through data on our screens, not by the naked eye observing the natural world. Indeed, in most countries modern light pollution obscures much of the night sky from view. Jo Marchant's spellbinding parade of the ways different cultures celebrated the majesty and mysteries of the night sky is a journey to the most awe inspiring view you can ever see--looking up on a clear dark night. That experience and the thoughts it has engendered have radically shaped human civilization across millennia. The cosmos is the source of our greatest creativity in art, in science, in life. To show us how, Jo Marchant takes us to the Hall of the Bulls in the caves at Lascaux in France, and to the summer solstice at a 5,000-year-old tomb at New Grange in England. We discover Chumash cosmology and visit medieval monks grappling with the nature of time and Tahitian sailors navigating by the stars. We discover how light reveals the chemical composition of the sun, and we are with Einstein as he works out that space and time are one and the same. A four-billion-year-old meteor inspires a search for extraterrestrial life. The cosmically liberating, summary revelation is that star-gazing made us human"-- Provided by publisher.
650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Cosmology
General subdivision History.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Civilization
General subdivision Effect of environment on.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Civilization
General subdivision History.
Topical term or geographic name entry element Human beings
General subdivision Effect of environment on.
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