02602nam a22004695i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001400153072001600167072002300183072001500206100007500221245013600296250001800432264006900450300006600519336002600585337002600611338003600637347002400673505043100697520060601128650000901734650001801743650002201761650001801783650003101801650001901832650001701851650003801868650001801906650003001924710003401954773002601988776003602014776003602050856004602086978-3-031-54729-4DE-He21320251030111722.0cr nn 008mamaa240315s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315472947 a10.1007/978-3-031-54729-42doi 4aQB520-545 7aPGS2bicssc 7aSCI0040002bisacsh 7aPGS2thema1 aPesce, Laura.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut12aA Biography of Our Sunh[electronic resource] :bFrom Ancient Myths and Artifacts to Modern Art and Astrophysics /cby Laura Pesce.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer Nature Switzerland :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aVIII, 123 p. 29 illus., 28 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda0 aChapter 1. A Brief Introduction to the Sun -- Chapter 2. Prehistory and the Beginning of History -- Chapter 3. Across the Ocean -- Chapter 4. The Old World -- Chapter 5. Asia -- Chapter 6. The Middle Ages -- Chapter 7. Rebirth -- Chapter 8. The Age of Enlightenment -- Chapter 9. Space, the Last Frontier -- Chapter 10. Contemporary Myths and Art Inspired by the Sun -- Chapter 11. Solar Energy -- Chapter 12. This Is the End.  aThis book is for everyone curious about the Sun and how it has been perceived throughout human history, including the modern scientific view. Beginning with ancient myths and legends, superstitions, art and poetry, the book proceeds to explain the amazing composition of our star, how it produces the heat and light on which all life depends, as well as touching the harvesting of solar energy that is becoming so essential in the modern world. The book is illustrated by the author's own artwork and includes first-hand scientific information provided in interviews with professional astrophysicists. 0aSun. 0aArtxHistory. 0aPhysicsxHistory. 0aAstrophysics. 0aAnthropology and the arts.14aSolar Physics.24aArt History.24aHistory of Physics and Astronomy.24aAstrophysics.24aAnthropology of the Arts.2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303154728708iPrinted edition:z978303154730040uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54729-4