
Chasing the Sun
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Richard Cohen, applying the same mix of wide-ranging reference and intimate detail that won outstanding reviews for By the Sword, travels from the ancient Greek astronomers to modern-day solar scientists, from Stonehenge to Antarctica (site of the solar eclipse of 2003, when penguins were said to sing), Mexico's Aztecs to the Norwegian city of Tromso, where for two months of the year there is no Sun at all. He introduces us to the crucial 'sunspot cycle' in modern economics, the religious dances of Indian tribesmen, the histories of sundials and calendars, the plight of migrating birds, the latest theories of global warming, and Galileo recording his discoveries in code, for fear of persecution.
And throughout, there is the rich Sun literature -- from the writings of Homer through Dante and Nietzsche to Keats, Shelley and beyond. Blindingly impressive and hugely readable, this is a tour de force of narrative non-fiction.
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For two years he was program director of the Cheltenham Festival of Literature, and during his tenure it became the largest book festival in the world. Five times U.K. national saber champion, Cohen was selected for the British Olympic fencing team in 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984 and has been four times world veteran champion. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times Book Review and most British quality newspapers.
Content
- Cover
- Half-title page
- Also by Richard Cohen
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication page
- Contents
- List of Illustrations and Illustration Credits
- Preface
- Sunrise on Mount Fuji
- PART ONE THE SUN BEFORE SCIENCE
- 1 Telling Stories
- 2 Celebrating the Seasons
- 3 The Three Thousand Witnesses
- 4 Terrors of the Sky
- PART TWO DISCOVERING THE SUN
- 5 The First Astronomers
- 6 Enter the Greeks
- 7 Gifts of the Yellow Emperor
- 8 The Sultan's Turret
- 9 The Earth Moves
- 10 Strange Seas of Thought
- 11 Eclipses and Enlightenment
- 12 The Sun Dethroned
- PART THREE THE SUN ON EARTH
- 13 Sunspots
- 14 The Qualities of Light
- 15 Beneath the Beating Sun
- 16 Skin Deep
- 17 The Breath of Life
- 18 The Dark Biosphere
- PART FOUR HARNESSING THE SUN
- 19 The Heavenly Guide
- 20 Of Calendars and Dials
- 21 How Time Goes By
- 22 The Sun in Our Pocket
- PART FIVE INSPIRED BY A STAR
- 23 The Vital Symbol
- 24 Drawing on the Sun
- 25 Negative Capabilities
- 26 Talk of the Day
- 27 Busy Old Fool . . .
- 28 The Rising Star of Politics
- PART SIX THE SUN AND THE FUTURE
- 29 Over the Horizon
- 30 Under the Weather
- 31 The Impossible and Beyond
- 32 The Death of the Sun
- Sunset on the Ganges
- Acknowledgements
- Sources
- Index
- Note on the Author
- Plates
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