Reads tagged with “space”

Stunning Celestial Art from the 1750 Astronomy Book That First Described the Spiral Shape of the Milky Way and Dared Imagine the Existence of Other Galaxies
The story of a forgotten visionary suspended between science and spiritual yearning, who inspired Kant and anticipated Hubble.

If You Come to Earth: A Tender Illustrated Celebration of the Many Ways to Be Human and What Makes Our Miraculous Planet a World
A humanistic love letter to who and what we are, together on this lonesome, wild, and wondrous rock adrift around a common star.

Ronald McNair’s Civil Disobedience: The Illustrated Story of How a Little Boy Who Grew Up to Be a Trailblazing Astronaut Fought Segregation at the Public Library
A miniature revolutionary with his eyes on the stars, his heart on the ground, and his courage lightyears beyond of his era’s horizons stands up for the future with his only ally.

Ursa Major: Elizabeth Gilbert Reads a Poignant Forgotten Poem About the Big Dipper and Our Cosmic Humanity
A two-verse love letter to the night sky fixture which “our eyes must lean out into time to catch, and die in seeing.”

The First Surviving Photograph of the Moon: John Adams Whipple and How the Birth of Astrophotography Bridged Impermanence and Immortality
A dual serenade to being and non-being, composed in glass, metal, and stardust.

The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: The Inspiring Illustrated Story of How Edwin Hubble Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Universe
“We do not know why we are born into the world, but we can try to find out what sort of world it is.”

Creativity, the Commonplace, and the Cosmos: Joseph Cornell’s Formative Visit to the Hayden Planetarium
Perspectival awakenings in the “blue dome, silhouetted city sky-line fringing it, and the gradual appearance of all the stars in the night sky to music.”

Wonder and the Sacred Search for Truth: Ann Druyan on Why the Scientific Method Is Like Love
An invitation “to feel more intensely the romance of science and the wonder of being alive right now, at these particular coordinates in spacetime, less alone, more at home, here in the cosmos.”

The Stunning Astronomical Beadwork of Native Artist Margaret Nazon
Celestial splendor bridging ancient tradition and modern science.

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