Star gazers : finding joy in the night sky /

"A flash, a single streak of light, is what sparked David Levy's passion for astronomy more than sixty years ago. In this delightful collection of essays, Levy shares not only his love for the sky and stars, but also his love for language and literature. With the voice of a poet and the ey...

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Autore principale: Levy, David H., 1948- (Autore)
Natura: Licensed eBooks
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2025]
Accesso online:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.24299196
Sommario:
  • Part One. Not how to watch the sky, but why
  • Part Two. Telescopes
  • Part Three. Sky lovers
  • Part Four. Comets
  • Part Five. When worlds align
  • Part Six. The world and the sky
  • Part Seven. The night sky experiencev
  • Part Eight. Joining the sky with life
  • Epilogue: the soul of a library.