The end of night searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light
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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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Little, Brown, and Company,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 001 | ocn804490965 | ||
| 003 | OCoLC | ||
| 005 | 20130729100700.0 | ||
| 008 | 120725s2013 nyua b 001 0 eng | ||
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| 100 | 1 | |a Bogard, Paul, |d 1966- | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The end of night : |b searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light / |c Paul Bogard. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Little, Brown, and Company, |c 2013. | |
| 300 | |a ix, 325 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 25 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |a unmediated |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |a volume |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-312) and index. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a 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. | |
| 520 | |a 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. | ||
| 650 | 0 | |a Light pollution. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Night |x Psychological aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Lighting |x Physiological aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Lighting |x Social aspects. | |
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