The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
Monte Davis
montedavis at verizon.net
Thu Sep 5 20:32:09 CDT 2013
Good to know you're out there, Jill.
From: owner-pynchon-l at waste.org [mailto:owner-pynchon-l at waste.org] On Behalf
Of Jill Adams
Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 7:57 PM
To: pynchon-l at waste.org
Subject: The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of
Artificial Light
Hi list, I've been lurking.... I hope BE is going to be a fun read.
-Jill
Contributor(s):Bogard, Paul (Author)
ISBN: 0316182907 EAN: 9780316182904
Publisher: Little Brown and Company (View Publisher's Titles)
US SRP: $ 27.00 US - (Discount: REG)
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: July 09, 201
Kirkus Reviews (05/15/2013):
An ardent opponent of light pollution chronicles how the darkness of night
is disappearing around much of the world, why that matters, and what can and
should be done about it. Bogard (Creative Nonfiction/James Madison Univ.)
travels around the world to its brightest and darkest places, looking up at
the night sky. This book can be seen as a companion piece to the anthology
Let There Be Night: Testimony on Behalf of the Dark (2008), in which the
author gathered 29 individual voices on the subject; here, the voice is his
own but with generous quotes from scientists and activists whom he has
sought out in his travels. Among the places he visited are not only the
cities of Las Vegas, Paris, Florence and New York, but also Walden Pond,
small towns and remote places such as Death Valley, Chaco Canyon, the Canary
Islands and the Isle of Sark. Bogard fondly and movingly remembers times
when night was really dark, but he fears that such experiences will be
unknown to most of humanity. The loss, as he explains, is not merely an
aesthetic or even a spiritual one; artificial lighting may be having serious
impacts on our health and on the environment. The author talked to
researchers who see a link between lighting and cancer and to naturalists
who note the impact of artificial outdoor lighting on other species, such as
birds, bats and bees. The efforts of the National Park Service to set up
dark-sky preserves gives Bogard reason for optimism, and his conversations
with outdoor lighting experts indicate that feasible energy-reducing
approaches are available. What's needed is awareness, which the author
provides in an appealing, reader-friendly way. An engaging blend of personal
story, hard science and a bit of history. COPYRIGHT(2013) Kirkus Reviews,
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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