The Human Cosmos (eBook)

A Secret History of the Stars

Jo Marchant (Autor)

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2020
368 Seiten
Canongate Books (Verlag)
978-1-78689-405-2 (ISBN)

Infos

For most of human history, we have had a close relationship with the stars. Once they shaped our religious beliefs, power structures, scientific advances and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. And it comes at a cost.The Human Cosmos is a tour of this history: from the Hall of the Bulls in Lascaux to Tahitian sailors navigating by the stars; from medieval monks grappling with the nature of time to Einstein realising that space and time are the same. It shows we need to rediscover the universe we inhabit, its effect on our health, and its potential for inspiration and revelation.

Autor

Dr Jo Marchant is an award-winning science journalist. She has a PhD in genetics and medical microbiology from St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, London, and an MSc in Science Communication from Imperial College. She has worked as an editor at New Scientist and Nature, and her articles have appeared in the Guardian, Wired, Observer, New York Times and Washington Post. She is the author of Decoding the Heavens, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books, and Cure, shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Books and longlisted for the Wellcome Book Prize. @JoMarchant | jomarchant.com

Rezensionen

Praise for Cure: Should be compulsory reading for all young doctors

Turns the mind-body debate on its head

A diligent and useful work that makes the case for 'holistic' medicine while warning against the snake-oil salesmen who have annexed that word for profit

A revved-up, research-packed explication of the use of mind in medicine

Marchant blends the story of the Antikythera mechanism, the people bewitched by it, the 100-year race to understand it, with the history, chemistry, archaeology, astronomy, engineering behind it. The account is sprinkled with the magic dust of an Indiana Jones adventure

[Marchant] surveys with grace what we think we know, and what we would like to know, about the mysterious and troubling relationship between our minds and our bodies

An epic of forgotten geniuses, lost treasure, death-defying underwater exploration and egomaniacal scientists

[Marchant has a] flair for finding inspirational figures . . . the studies are irresistible, and they come in an almost infinite variety

Vast in scope and meticulously researched this brilliant book traces humanity's enduring relationship with our physical and cultural ancestors: the stars. Full of fascinating stories, Jo Marchant weaves astronomy with astrology, mathematical physics with gods and spirits. It made me question my reality and left me starstruck

Praise for Decoding the Heavens: A dizzyingly brilliant thing . . . Whatever else it might once have told its creators, the Antikythera mechanism bears a chilling message for our technological age

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.9.2020
• Verlagsort: Edinburgh
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Schlagworte: Astrology • Astronomy • Civilisation • Cosmology • Culture • Environment • Mental Health • Philosophy • Social History
• ISBN-10: 1-78689-405-X / 178689405X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78689-405-2 / 9781786894052