The end of night
Subtitle: searching for natural darkness in an age of artificial light
By: Paul Bogard
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9780316182904
Subjects: Lighting; Light pollution; Night; Social aspects; Psychological aspects; Physiological aspects
Description: Describes how ever-present, modern artificial lights have changed the way humans experience darkness and bemoans the fact that the primal dark sky can no longer influence science and art.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: From a starry night to a streetlight; title: Tales from two cities; title: Light that blinds, fear that enlightens; title: Body, sleep, and dreams; title: The ecology of darkness; title: Know darkness; title: Come together; title: The maps of possibility; title: The darkest places.