The End of Night

Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of ArtificialLight

Paul Bogard (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2013
Fourth Estate Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-742820-5 (ISBN)

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Streetlamps, neon signs - an ever-present glow that has changed the natural world and adversely affected our health; Paul Bogard illuminates the problems caused by a lack of darkness. We live awash in artificial light. But night's natural darkness has always been invaluable for our spiritual health and the health of the natural world, and every living creature suffers from its loss. Paul Bogard investigates what we mean when we talk about darkness. He travels between the intensely lit cities - from glittering Las Vegas to the gas-lit streets of Westminster - and the sites where real darkness still remains, such as the Brecon Beacons and the island of Sark. Encountering scientists, physicians, activists and writers, Bogard discusses how light is negatively affecting the natural world; how our well-being is significantly influenced by darkness or its lack; and how it's not a matter of using light at night or not, but rather when and where, how and how much. A beautiful invocation of our constant companion, the night, which returns every day of our lives, this book reminds us of the power and mystery of the dark.

Paul Bogard, PhD., is a widely published author of journalism, creative nonfiction, scholarship and is the editor of Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark. He has also presented on darkness and light pollution at conferences, universities, nature centres, national parks, bookstores and churches. He studied Literature and Environment at the University of Nevada, and now teaches writing at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.7.2013
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 216 mm
Gewicht	500 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	0-00-742820-0 / 0007428200
ISBN-13	978-0-00-742820-5 / 9780007428205
Zustand	Neuware