Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781639365692 |
| ISBN10: | 1639365699 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 448 pages |
| Size: | 228x152x40 mm |
| Weight: | 613 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 16 pages of color photographs |
| 659 |
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Still As Bright
An Illuminating History of the Moon, from Antiquity to Tomorrow
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Date of Publication: 6 June 2024
Number of Volumes: Hardback
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Short description:
An immersive exploration of the nightly presence that has captured our imagination for the entirety of human history.
Long description:
An immersive exploration of the nightly presence that has captured our imagination for the entirety of human history.
"When the Moon rises between buildings or over trees, it’s not just a beautiful light: It’s an archive of human longing, fear and adventure. The Moon is more than a rock. It’s a story.”
In the luminously told Still As Bright, the story of the Moon traverses time and space, rendering a range of human experiences&&&8212;from the beliefs of ancient cultures to the science of Galileo’s telescopic discoveries, from the obsessions of colorful 19th century “selenographers” to the astronauts of Apollo and, now, Artemis.
Still As Bright also traces Cokinos's own lunar pilgrimage. With his backyard telescope, he explores the surface of the Moon, while rooted in places both domestic and wild, and this award-winning poet and writer rediscovers feelings of solace, love and wonder in the midst of loss and change.
Simultaneously steeped in rigorous cultural and scientific history, as well as memoir, Still As Bright is a thoughtful, deeply moving, evergreen natural history. It takes readers on a lyrical journey that spans the human understanding of our closest celestial neighbor, whose multi-faceted appeal has worked on witches, scientists, poets, engineers and even billionaires.
Still As Bright is a must-read for anyone who has ever looked up into the night sky in awe and wonder. Readers will never look at the Moon the same way again.
"This book is a true treasure thanks to his tasty style of poetic and philosophic prose and, as he observes that the Moon is more than a rock. It’s a story. By completing this honest, witty, and wondrous read, it’s a given you’ll never look at the Moon the same way again. So grab this book and let’s all be students of the unknown together."
"When the Moon rises between buildings or over trees, it’s not just a beautiful light: It’s an archive of human longing, fear and adventure. The Moon is more than a rock. It’s a story.”
In the luminously told Still As Bright, the story of the Moon traverses time and space, rendering a range of human experiences&&&8212;from the beliefs of ancient cultures to the science of Galileo’s telescopic discoveries, from the obsessions of colorful 19th century “selenographers” to the astronauts of Apollo and, now, Artemis.
Still As Bright also traces Cokinos's own lunar pilgrimage. With his backyard telescope, he explores the surface of the Moon, while rooted in places both domestic and wild, and this award-winning poet and writer rediscovers feelings of solace, love and wonder in the midst of loss and change.
Simultaneously steeped in rigorous cultural and scientific history, as well as memoir, Still As Bright is a thoughtful, deeply moving, evergreen natural history. It takes readers on a lyrical journey that spans the human understanding of our closest celestial neighbor, whose multi-faceted appeal has worked on witches, scientists, poets, engineers and even billionaires.
Still As Bright is a must-read for anyone who has ever looked up into the night sky in awe and wonder. Readers will never look at the Moon the same way again.
"This book is a true treasure thanks to his tasty style of poetic and philosophic prose and, as he observes that the Moon is more than a rock. It’s a story. By completing this honest, witty, and wondrous read, it’s a given you’ll never look at the Moon the same way again. So grab this book and let’s all be students of the unknown together."
