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100 1 _aPesce, Laura.
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245 1 2 _aA Biography of Our Sun
_h[electronic resource] :
_bFrom Ancient Myths and Artifacts to Modern Art and Astrophysics /
_cby Laura Pesce.
250 _a1st ed. 2024.
264 1 _aCham :
_bSpringer Nature Switzerland :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2024.
300 _aVIII, 123 p. 29 illus., 28 illus. in color.
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505 0 _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.
520 _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.
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650 0 _aArt
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650 0 _aPhysics
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650 0 _aAstrophysics.
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650 0 _aAnthropology and the arts.
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650 1 4 _aSolar Physics.
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650 2 4 _aArt History.
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650 2 4 _aHistory of Physics and Astronomy.
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650 2 4 _aAstrophysics.
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650 2 4 _aAnthropology of the Arts.
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