A Biography of Our Sun

TRAMA

This book is for everyone curious about the Sun and how it has been perceived throughout human history, including the modern scientific view. Beginning with ancient myths and legends, superstitions, art and poetry, the book proceeds to explain the amazing composition of our star, how it produces the heat and light on which all life depends, as well as touching the harvesting of solar energy that is becoming so essential in the modern world. The book is illustrated by the author's own artwork and includes first-hand scientific information provided in interviews with professional astrophysicists. 

SOMMARIO

Chapter 1. A Brief Introduction to the Sun.- Chapter 2. Prehistory and the Beginning of History.- Chapter 3. Across the Ocean.- Chapter 4. The Old World.- Chapter 5. Asia.- Chapter 6. The Middle Ages.- Chapter 7. Rebirth.- Chapter 8. The Age of Enlightenment.- Chapter 9. Space, the Last Frontier.- Chapter 10. Contemporary Myths and Art Inspired by the Sun.- Chapter 11. Solar Energy.- Chapter 12. This Is the End.

AUTORE

Laura Pesce is a visual artist specializing in glass sculpture. She graduated from the University of Arizona in art history and art studies. After graduation, she chose studio work over an academic carrier, and specializing mostly in contemporary glass sculptures and mixed media installations. Currently her work is shown in a number of museums and galleries throughout Europe and the Americas. Museums:Palazzo blù, museum of contemporary art, Pisa, ItalyComplesso museale di Badia a Isola, Siena, Italy,Palazzo Strozzi, Firenze, ItalyFortezza da Basso, Firenze, ItalyUniversity museum of Utrecht, Holland (The beauty of Mathematics)Tohono Chul, Folk Art Museum, Arizona, USAMuseum of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Art and Science)Centro Cultural Laurinda Santos Lobos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Biennale di Firenze, Fortezza da Basso, Firenze, ItalyGalleries:Glass Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, USAVespermann gallery, Atlanta, Georgia, USAPhilabaum glass gallery, Tucson, ArizonaPismo contemporary glass, Denver, Colorado, USAFaru folk art gallery, Saint Louis, MissouriGallery Borgward, Bremen, GermanyTravelling exhibitions for Art and Science: Arezzo, Siena, Firenze.Others:Dubai, United Arab Emirates,For the UNICEF USAFor Art Glass International in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Munich, Germany For Art Glass International, Tucson, Phoenix, Arizona, USASaint Louis, Missouri, USAHer fascination for physics and mathematics was influenced by her husband Thomas Elze, a theoretical physicist, who inspired her to express concepts from physics and astrophysics in visual Art, as also through writing. "Close encounter of Art and Physics, an artist view", is her previous book on this subject, published by Springer in 2019. Laura Pesce lives and works in Tuscany, Italy.  

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9783031547287
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• Formato: Brossura
• Illustration Notes: VIII, 123 p. 29 illus., 28 illus. in color.
• Pagine Arabe: 123
• Pagine Romane: viii