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The end of night : searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light / Paul Bogard.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316182904 (hbk.)
- ISBN: 0316182907 (hbk.)
- Physical Description: ix, 325 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, and Company, 2013.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-312) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
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Subject: | Light pollution. Night > Psychological aspects. Lighting > Physiological aspects. Lighting > Social aspects. |