The End of Night
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I love this book. It tells so much about the night, what does it means to the human and to the life on earth. Also it is a good book for planning a few trips around the globe. I choose this book randomly and end up with a lot of references for future reading.
I liked this book. There were parts of it that I didn't find as interesting as I had hoped, but I definitely enjoyed it and it delved into a lot of aspects of ‘night' that I hadn't expected.
Currently, about two-thirds of the Western world no longer experiences true night/darkness. It is estimated that 80 percent of children born in America today “will never know night dark enough that they can see the Milky Way.” This book explores why we should care about this, not only for aesthetic reasons, but for physiological and environmental reasons as well. Bogard visits the darkest areas left in the world and interviews astronomers, park rangers, and concerned citizens who are doing their part to take back the night. A sobering look at how far we've yet to go, but also offers some real hope that things can change.