The End of Night

Paul Bogard is the author of The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light, published by Little, Brown. He is editor of the anthology Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark. A native Minnesotan, Paul grew up watching the stars and moon from a lake in the northern part of the state. He has lived and taught in New Mexico, Nevada, Wisconsin, and North Carolina, and is now assistant professor of English at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Find him at paul-bogard.com.

出版者:Little, Brown and Company

作者:Paul Bogard

页数:336

出版时间:2013-7-9

价格:USD 27.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780316182904

图书标签:科学科普随笔蔡康永照明文学人间草木

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A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left.

A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. Yet in our artificially lit world, three-quarters of Americans' eyes never switch to night vision and most of us no longer experience true darkness. In THE END OF NIGHT, Paul Bogard restores our awareness of the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky and how it has influenced the human experience across everything from science to art.

From Las Vegas' Luxor Beam--the brightest single spot on this planet--to nights so starlit the sky looks like snow, Bogard blends personal narrative, natural history, science, and history to shed light on the importance of darkness--what we've lost, what we still have, and what we might regain--and the simple ways we can reduce the brightness of our nights tonight.

读后感

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美丽神秘的夜间星空总会引人暇想，暗夜的星空到底向我们提示了什么呢？这本由美国詹姆斯·麦迪逊大学教授保罗·波嘉德所著的《黑夜的终结》引领我们进入那神秘浩渺的星空美景。黑色的封面繁星点点，不仅脚踏实地，更能仰望苍穹，乘着黑暗的翅膀，遨游远方。单单是此书的封面即...  

寻找黑夜《黑夜的终结》 不知道你注意到没有，我们的夜变得越来越亮了，小时候家里都要准备一个手电筒，晚上出去带着照路，现在用不到了，无论你几点出门，外面的路都看得清清楚楚。 记得九二年我刚刚参加工作，当时自己一个人住，冬天的时候，我每天都要走出去到距离...  

用户评价

让我想起了小时候的夜空. 本书主要讲LIGHT POLLUTION, 让我对小区微暗的灯光意见不大了.

让我想起了小时候的夜空. 本书主要讲LIGHT POLLUTION, 让我对小区微暗的灯光意见不大了.

让我想起了小时候的夜空. 本书主要讲LIGHT POLLUTION, 让我对小区微暗的灯光意见不大了.

让我想起了小时候的夜空. 本书主要讲LIGHT POLLUTION, 让我对小区微暗的灯光意见不大了.

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