03352nam a22005655i 4500 978-3-031-49024-8 DE-He213 20251030111736.0 cr nn 008mamaa 240321s2024 sz | s |||| 0|eng d 9783031490248 978-3-031-49024-8 10.1007/978-3-031-49024-8 doi QC6.9-9 PDX bicssc PH bicssc SCI055000 bisacsh PDX thema PH thema Kunth, Daniel. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 73649 StarWords [electronic resource] : The Celestial Roots of Modern Language / by Daniel Kunth, Elena Terlevich. 1st ed. 2024. Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2024. XVII, 167 p. 33 illus., 26 illus. in color. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Popular Astronomy, 2626-8779 Chapter 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. Unbeknownst 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. Physics History. 64549 Sociolinguistics. 69115 Language and languages. 71944 History of Physics and Astronomy. 68040 Sociolinguistics. 69115 Language History. 71948 Terlevich, Elena. author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 73650 SpringerLink (Online service) Springer Nature eBook Printed edition: 9783031490231 Printed edition: 9783031490255 Popular Astronomy, 2626-8779 73651 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-49024-8 ZDB-2-PHA ZDB-2-SXP 58541 58541