{"product_id":"9781529346107","title":"Starborn : How the Stars Made Us - and Who We Would Be Without Them by Roberto Trotta","description":"A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKA NEW SCIENTIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A stunning and unforgettable voyage through the stars' STEPHEN FRY'Trotta writes like a poet' WALL STREET JOURNAL'Illuminating' Robin Ince'Will leave\u003cp\u003ereaders viewing the stars with fresh eyes' MARTIN REESA sweeping inquiry into how the night sky has shaped what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of our\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003especies' most enduring and universal relationships is with the night sky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eitself. Across the ages, the stars have served as clocks, maps, compasses,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emuses and gods, defining our laws of reality and our dreams of the sublime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow radically different would we be if we looked to the night sky and saw . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e. nothing? Leading cosmologist Roberto Trotta explores how stargazing has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eshaped the course of civilisation and offers a dramatic alternate history -\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimagining how a world without stars would change our understanding of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003escience, art and ourselves. Revealing the fundamental connections between\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eastronomy and the story of civilisation, Starborn will change how you\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethink of the night sky forever.\u003c\/p\u003e,\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback,\u003cbr\u003ePagination: 352 pages","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45667243458787,"sku":"9781529346107","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1701\/6275\/files\/9781529346107.jpg?v=1730468345","url":"https:\/\/www.harbourbookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529346107","provider":"The Harbour Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}