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Chasing the Sun The Epic Story of the Star that Gives Us Life

Paperback • 2011 • English

Chasing the Sun The Epic Story of the Star that Gives Us Life

By Richard Cohen

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About the book

The Sun is so powerful, so much bigger than us, that it is a terrifying subject. Yet though we depend on it, we take it for granted. Amazingly the first book of its kind, CHASING THE SUNis a cultural and scientific history of our relationship with the star that gives us life. Richard Cohen, applying the same mix of wide-ranging reference and intimate detail that won outstanding reviews for By the Sword, travels from the ancient Greek astronomers to modern-day solar scientists, from Stonehenge...Show more

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ISBN

9781416526124

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

Chasing the Sun The Epic Story of the Star that Gives Us Life

Format

Paperback

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