02779nam a22005055i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020003700100024003500137050001400172072001600186072002300202072001500225100008200240245013600322250001800458264006900476300006600545336002600611337002600637338003600663347002400699505043100723520060601154650001601760650002501776650002901801650002501830650003801855650002601893650002401919650004501943650002501988650003702013710003402050773002602084776003602110776003602146856004602182912001402228912001402242999001702256978-3-031-54729-4DE-He21320251030111722.0cr nn 008mamaa240315s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830315472949978-3-031-54729-47 a10.1007/978-3-031-54729-42doi 4aQB520-545 7aPGS2bicssc 7aSCI0040002bisacsh 7aPGS2thema1 aPesce, Laura.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut97310512aA 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.968136 0aArtxHistory.968955 0aPhysicsxHistory.964549 0aAstrophysics.968037 0aAnthropology and the arts.97310614aSolar Physics.96813824aArt History.96895724aHistory of Physics and Astronomy.96804024aAstrophysics.96803724aAnthropology of the Arts.9731072 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303154728708iPrinted edition:z978303154730040uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-54729-4  aZDB-2-PHA  aZDB-2-SXP  c58351d58351