The End of Night
Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light
Little, Brown and Company · Print & ebook · July 9, 2013
A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left.
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- Who it’s for
- Paul Bogard makes the night sky feel newly visible—and worth protecting.
- Genres
- Stargazing & Sky Watching, Astronomy, Conservation
- Published
- Little, Brown and Company, July 9, 2013
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A deeply panoramic tour of the night, from its brightest spots to the darkest skies we have left. A starry night is one of nature's most magical wonders. Yet in our artificially lit world, three-quarters of Americans' eyes never switch to night vision and most of us no longer experience true darkness.
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In The End of Night, Paul Bogard restores our awareness of the spectacularly primal, wildly dark night sky and how it has influenced the human experience across everything from science to art. From Las Vegas' Luxor Beam -- the brightest single spot on this planet -- to nights so starlit the sky looks like snow, Bogard blends personal narrative, natural history, science, and history to shed light on the importance of darkness -- what we've lost, what we still have, and what we might regain -- and the simple ways we can reduce the brightness of our nights tonight.
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Paul Bogard makes the night sky feel newly visible—and worth protecting.
Come here for
- A layered look at darkness through science, history, nature, and art
- The uneasy contrast between starry skies and artificial light
Expect
- Personal narrative alongside natural history and science
- A serious, wide-ranging meditation on what darkness means and what we’ve lost
Where it sits
| Astronomy | 72% |
|---|---|
| Stargazing & Sky Watching | 65% |
| Conservation | 52% |
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Publisher categories
- Ecology
- Stargazing & Sky Watching
- Authors
- Paul Bogard
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Published
- July 9, 2013
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Ecology