{"product_id":"darkness-at-night-9780674192713","title":"Darkness at Night","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn tracing this story of discovery, astronomer and physicist Harrison explores the concept of infinite space, the structure and age of the universe, the nature of light, and other subjects that once were so perplexing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeguiling… A veritable Cook’s tour through the history of astronomy. -- Owen Gingerich * Nature *\u003cbr\u003eThe night sky is dark. The question is why… Mr. Harrison has an answer, but to state it here seems as unfair as giving away the final chapter of a mystery story. Better to read his book. -- Timothy Ferris * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eHarrison…does a rare thing here: he manages to combine history and real science… A remarkable book. * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eFrom his years of contemplation of the riddle of the dark sky, Harrison has now distilled a truly wonderful book. \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Night\u003c\/i\u003e is superbly written [and] excellently illustrated. -- Michael Rowan-Robinson * New Scientist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarkness at Night\u003c\/i\u003e is a very elegantly written history… I think Harrison has written a beautiful book, the best available on Olber’s paradox… Be sure not to miss this one. -- Frank Tipler * Times Higher Education Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue     1. Why Is the Sky Dark at Night?    I The Riddle Begins    2. Three Rival Systems   3. Celestial Light   4. The Starry Message    II The Riddle Develops    5. The Cartesian System   6. Newton's Needles and Halley's Shells   7. A Forest of Stars   8. The Misty Forest   9. Worlds on Worlds   10. Revelations of Chaos    III The Riddle Continues    11. The Fractal Universe   12. The Visible Universe   13. The Golden Walls of Edgar Allan Poe   14. Lord Kelvin Sees the Light   15. Ether Voids, Curved Space, and a Midnight Sun   16. The Expanding Universe   17. The Cosmic Redshift   18. Energy in the Universe    Epilogue    Proposed Solutions to the Riddle of Darkness at Night    Appendixes   1. Digges on the Infinity of the Universe   2. Halley on the Infinity of the Sphere of Stars   3. Chéseaux Explains the Riddle of Darkness   4. Olbers Revives the Riddle of Darkness   5. Kelvin on an Old and Celebrated Hypothesis    Notes   Bibliography   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865482211671,"sku":"9780674192713","price":27.86,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674192713.jpg?v=1722274178","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/darkness-at-night-9780674192713","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}