Examines the changes in science that alternative solar, stellar, and galactic arrangements would have brought, and explores the different theologies, astrologies, and methods of tracking time that would have developed to reflect them. Upgren also explores the actual ways that human interferences such as light pollution are changing the night sky. From fanciful to foreboding, the scenarios in Many Skies will both delight and inspire reflection.
Examines the changes in science that alternative solar, stellar, and galactic arrangements would have brought, and explores the different theologies, astrologies, and methods of tracking time that would have developed to reflect them. Upgren also explores the actual ways that human interferences such as light pollution are changing the night sky. From fanciful to foreboding, the scenarios in Many Skies will both delight and inspire reflection.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Arthur Upgren is emeritus professor of astronomy at Wesleyan University and senior research scientist at Yale University. He is also the author of several popular books on science and astronomy, including Night Has a Thousand Eyes and The Turtle and the Stars: Observations of an Earthbound Astronomer.
Inhaltsangabe
Part I: The Sun and the Moon Our Three Moons Within a Triple Star Our Backward Stellar Magnitude System An Improper Proper Motion All Our Yesterdays We Are Alone Part II: The Planets The Rings of Earth Next Door to a Giant Double Planet Debris in the Solar System Seasons of Paradox More Than One Pluto Part III: The Stars What if the Sun were Red? or Blue? The Vernal Equinox Lies in Virgo Vega and Deneb Change Places The Pleiades Star Cluster is as Close as the Hyades The Great Popcorn Balls The Milky Way Lies along our Equator We Are Alone II Part IV: Homemade Skies Ring of Rubbish The Tangled Skein of Celestial Mechanics A Second Chance Chicxulub, the Worst Sky of All
Part I: The Sun and the Moon Our Three Moons Within a Triple Star Our Backward Stellar Magnitude System An Improper Proper Motion All Our Yesterdays We Are Alone Part II: The Planets The Rings of Earth Next Door to a Giant Double Planet Debris in the Solar System Seasons of Paradox More Than One Pluto Part III: The Stars What if the Sun were Red? or Blue? The Vernal Equinox Lies in Virgo Vega and Deneb Change Places The Pleiades Star Cluster is as Close as the Hyades The Great Popcorn Balls The Milky Way Lies along our Equator We Are Alone II Part IV: Homemade Skies Ring of Rubbish The Tangled Skein of Celestial Mechanics A Second Chance Chicxulub, the Worst Sky of All
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