In Light-Years There's No Hurry - Cosmic Perspectives on Everyday Life (Hardcover)

One restless summer, anxious and dismayed by mounting crisis and conflict on Earth, poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra learns of a phenomenon known as the overview effect. Experienced by many astronauts when beholding our planet from the remoteness of space, it’s a permanent shift in consciousness—an overwhelming sense of wholeness and connection with humanity and the planet. In Light-Years There’s No Hurry is the account of van Heemstra’s yearlong quest to experience the overview effect on Earth. We follow as she takes a night walk through a forest in search of true darkness, listens to the distant singing of exoplanets at a radio observatory and learns of prisoners working with astrophysicists to imagine possible human settlements on Mars. Contemplating the solace a cosmic perspective offers in our frenetic, divided world, In Light-Years There’s No Hurry is a lyrical, searching meditation on what it is to be human amidst the vastness of the universe.

General

Imprint:	W W Norton & Co Inc
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2023
Authors:	Marjolijn van Heemstra
Translators:	Jonathan Reeder
Dimensions:	210 x 140mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-324-03569-5
Categories:	Books
LSN:	1-324-03569-2
Barcode:	9781324035695

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