Apollo's fire
Subtitle: a journey through the extraordinary wonders of an ordinary day
By: Michael Sims
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780143114413
Subjects: History; Observations; Time; Astronomy; Astrology and mythology; Miscellenea; Days
Description: "Michael Sims serves as a tour guide on an unforgettable journey through the wonders of an ordinary day. Sims explores the celestial events that form our days, fusing lively explanations of the phenomena that reach from sunrise to sunset and deep into the night with a richly layered history of myth and folklore, literature and art."--Publisher description.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Viking Penguin, 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-284) and index.
Table of contents: title: Morning: Morning twilight; title: Stephen Dedalus's cosmic address; title: Darkness; title: The threat of dawn; title: A light in the East; title: Smiley; title: A perfect story; title: Chariot; title: The endless array; title: A year of light; title: Down to Earth; title: Sun sister and moon brother; title: Spin; title: Apollo bright and pure; title: The son of fire and water; title: Chariot; title: Dance; title: The day of the sun; title: The law of dance; title: Not invisible; title: The constellations flee; title: Mere fire; title: High noon; title: Shadow show; title: Hunt the shadow; title: Measure the Earth; title: The equation of time; title: Written on the sky; title: Artificial clouds; title: Gunfight in Abilene. Afternoon: Firmament; title: After; title: The flapping of a black wing; title: A strong metal bowl; title: A white-hot arrow; title: What makes the wind blow?; title: Policeman ozone; title: A presumptuous smoke; title: The two most beautiful words. Evening: The silent concert; title: Glorified sparrows; title: The path of the light; title: Diamond dust and sun dogs; title: Sunset races; title: The Nile dries up; title: All those cares and fears; title: Sic transit; title: Feeding time at loch ness; title: The evening and the morning; title: Two lights; title: Nessie and the bat; title: The twilight zone; title: Three kinds of twilight. Night: Memory has left the sky; title: Afraid of the dark; title: Thunderbolt; title: The changing of the guard; title: Lag; title: Darwin's busy plants; title: Pillars of light; title: Pale fire; title: The parish lantern; title: A rock in the sky; title: The archangel's telescope; title: Sunrise on the moon; title: The cup of the immortal fluid; title: Eclipse; title: Infinite; title: The lion or the lobster?; title: Inconstant star; title: Mean time; title: The black of night; title: Swimming allegories; title: This Earth in space. Coda: Amber.