The Sun's Heartbeat And Other Stories from the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet
by Berman, BobEdition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-07-13
Publisher(s): Little, Brown and Company
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Summary
Did you know that scientists are beginning to think that the sun is safer than sunscreen? That whenever we see the sun on the horizon, it's actually a phantom image because the sun has already set? That career pilots have a one percent higher incidence of cancer because of their time in the sky? Or that the sun's unusual dormancy is causing our climate to be cooler than it otherwise would be? Peppered with memorable anecdotes about spectral curiosities, THE SUN'S HEARTBEAT is a robust narrative that explores the sun's birth, its life as a self-sustaining ultra-H-Bomb fusion explosion, and its spectacular future death. Astronomer Bob Berman's expert observations tell a dramatic story about the familiar star that crosses our sky daily.
Author Biography
Bob Berman, one of America's top astronomy writers, is the author of Zapped, Zoom and The Sun's Heartbeat. He contributed the popular "Night Watchman" column for Discover for seventeen years and is currently a columnist for Astronomy, a host on Northeast Public Radio, and the science editor of The Old Farmer's Almanac. He lives in Willow, New York.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Yon Flaming Orb | p. 7 |
| Genesis | p. 15 |
| A Strange History of Seeing Spots | p. 23 |
| The Heartbeat Stops-and Other Peculiar Events | p. 40 |
| The Unit | p. 51 |
| Magnetic Attraction | p. 64 |
| The Wild Science of the Bearded Men | p. 77 |
| Cautionary Tales | p. 93 |
| Why Jack Loved Carbon | p. 100 |
| Tales of the Invisible | p. 115 |
| The Sun Brings Death | p. 127 |
| The Sun Will Save Your Life | p. 134 |
| I'm an Aquarius; Trust Me | p. 143 |
| Rhythms of Color | p. 157 |
| Particle Man | p. 166 |
| Totality: The Impossible Coincidence | p. 176 |
| That's Entertainment | p. 194 |
| Cold Winds | p. 210 |
| The Weather Outside Is Frightful | p. 231 |
| Tomorrow's Sun | p. 247 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 255 |
| Appendix: The Sun's Basics | p. 257 |
| Notes | p. 259 |
| Bibliography | p. 279 |
| Index | p. 283 |
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