The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light

by Bogard, Paul
ISBN: 9780316182911
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The "terrific ... moving, poetic, immersive, multifaceted, and thought-provoking" book (Publishers Weekly) that will open your eyes to the night.

A brilliantly starry night is one of nature's most thrilling wonders. Yet in our world of nights as bright as day, most of us no longer experience true darkness. Eight out of ten Americans born today won't ever live where they can see the Milky Way. And exposure to artificial light at night has been cited as a factor in health concerns ranging from poor sleep to cancer.

In his gorgeous debut, THE END OF NIGHT, Paul Bogard travels the globe to find the night, blending personal narrative, natural history, health, science, and folklore to shed light on darkness. Showing exactly what we've lost, what we have left, and what we might hope to regain, he attempts nothing less than a restoration of how we see the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Bogard, Paul
  • ISBN: 9780316182911
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 8.20 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 352
  • Publication Year: 2014

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  • To never know nightglow

    Michael E. - 3 years 5 months ago

    Not only a lament for loss of night sky in urban areas for aesthetic reasons, this book examines how much our nocturnal lives are dominated by artificial light, and how that affects the planet and its inhabitants ecologically, psychologically, and socially. Also, on a more metaphysical thread that weaves through those other aspects, the author's concern is the limit to imagination that results from lack of wonder and inquisitiveness that darkness would normally invite.

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