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Audiobook CD, 2020
Current format, Audiobook CD, 2020, Unabridged., Available .
Audiobook CD, 2020
Current format, Audiobook CD, 2020, Unabridged., Available . Offered in 0 more formats
A historically unprecedented disconnect between humanity and the heavens has opened. Jo Marchant's book can begin to heal it. For at least 20,000 years, people have led not just an earthly existence but a cosmic one. Celestial cycles drove every aspect of daily lives. The innate relationship with the stars shaped who people are, art, religious beliefs, social status, scientific advances, and even a person's biology. But over the last few centuries people have separated themselves from the universe surrounding them. It's a disconnect with a dire cost. The relationship to the stars and planets has moved from one of awe, wonder, and superstition to one where technology is king, the cosmos is now explored through data on screens, not by the naked eye observing the natural world. Jo Marchant's spellbinding parade of the ways different cultures celebrated the majesty and mysteries of the night sky is a journey to the most awe inspiring view one can ever see, looking up on a clear dark night.
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