02986nam a22004815i 4500001001800000003000900018005001700027007001500044008004100059020001800100024003500118050001200153072001600165072001500181072002300196072001500219072001400234100007600248245011600324250001800440264007500458300006600533336002600599337002600625338003600651347002400687490003400711505020800745520110600953650002202059650002202081650002802103650003802131650002202169650002202191700007902213710003402292773002602326776003602352776003602388830003402424856004602458978-3-031-49024-8DE-He21320251030111736.0cr nn 008mamaa240321s2024    sz |    s    |||| 0|eng d  a97830314902487 a10.1007/978-3-031-49024-82doi 4aQC6.9-9 7aPDX2bicssc 7aPH2bicssc 7aSCI0550002bisacsh 7aPDX2thema 7aPH2thema1 aKunth, Daniel.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut10aStarWordsh[electronic resource] :bThe Celestial Roots of Modern Language /cby Daniel Kunth, Elena Terlevich.  a1st ed. 2024. 1aCham :bSpringer International Publishing :bImprint: Springer,c2024.  aXVII, 167 p. 33 illus., 26 illus. in color.bonline resource.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  atext filebPDF2rda1 aPopular Astronomy,x2626-87790 aChapter 1. Sky -- Chapter 2. LIGHT -- Chapter 3. STARS -- Chapter 4. COSMOS -- Chapter 5. SUN -- Chapter 6. MOON -- Chapter 7. ECLIPSES -- Chapter 8. COMETS -- Chapter 9. PLANETS -- Chapter 10. Calendar.  aUnbeknownst to many, our modern language contains countless words that were inspired by human observations of the cosmos. We now use words like “zenith”, “Monday”, “disaster”, “dog days”, “starfish”, “lunatic”, flu, and so many others, without a second thought for their celestial roots. Famous French astrophysicist Daniel Kunth invites you on a linguistic and scientific journey through space and time to explore these forgotten origins. You will be astonished to rediscover cosmic language hidden in plain sight through this wonderful collection of historical and cultural stories, famous idioms and delightful puns, along with the real science behind each one. Elena Terlevich is a well known professional astronomer working at INAOE in Mexico, an honorary Professor at La Plata University in Argentina and a regular visitor at the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge (UK). Requiring no prior knowledge in astronomy or linguistics, this book’s universal contents invite the reader to ponder how our observations of the night sky have shaped our modern tongue and customs. 0aPhysicsxHistory. 0aSociolinguistics. 0aLanguage and languages.14aHistory of Physics and Astronomy.24aSociolinguistics.24aLanguage History.1 aTerlevich, Elena.eauthor.4aut4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut2 aSpringerLink (Online service)0 tSpringer Nature eBook08iPrinted edition:z978303149023108iPrinted edition:z9783031490255 0aPopular Astronomy,x2626-877940uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49024-8