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"Shakespeare saw the same stars in the same patterns that we do. So did Galileo, Columbus, Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, and the first man-ape to look up in curiosity. From space age back to the stone age, to be beneath the night is to witness something that every other human who has ever lived has also seen. It is our common heritage"
Stuart Clark's history of our relationship with our night sky got me on the first page with the quote above. This is a book about history, religion, science, politics, and power. It is about humanity's search for connection to our wider universe.
I love books that show me the connections between historical events and scientific advances, or between a religion's dominion and the political moves that happen in the background. I had so many "ahhh, that why that happened" moments while reading I just couldn't wait to turn the next page and find out something else new.
Stuart Clark's history of our relationship with our night sky got me on the first page with the quote above. This is a book about history, religion, science, politics, and power. It is about humanity's search for connection to our wider universe.
I love books that show me the connections between historical events and scientific advances, or between a religion's dominion and the political moves that happen in the background. I had so many "ahhh, that why that happened" moments while reading I just couldn't wait to turn the next page and find out something else new.