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200 12$aA Biography of Our Sun $eFrom Ancient Myths and Artifacts to Modern Art and Astrophysics /$fby Laura Pesce
205   $a1st ed. 2024.
210  1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024.
215   $a1 online resource (122 pages)
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327   $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.
330   $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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