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In the grand tradition of the scholar-adventurer, acclaimedauthor Richard Cohen takes us around the world to illuminate ourrelationship with the star that gives us life. Whether floating ina skiff on the Ganges as the Sun descends behind the funeral pyresof Varanasi, interviewing psychologists in the Norwegian Arcticabout the effects of darkness, or watching tomato seedlings insouthern Spain being hair-brushed (the better to catch the Sun’srays), Cohen tirelessly pursues his quarry.
Drawing on more than seven years of research, he reports fromlocations in eighteen different countries, including theNovolazarevskaya science station in Antarctica (the coldest placeon Earth); the Arizona desert (the sunniest); the Pope’sobservatory-cum-fortress outside Rome (possible the leastaccessible); and the crest of Mount Fuji, where—entirely alone—hewelcomes the sunrise on the longest day of the year.
Drawing on more than seven years of research, he reports fromlocations in eighteen different countries, including theNovolazarevskaya science station in Antarctica (the coldest placeon Earth); the Arizona desert (the sunniest); the Pope’sobservatory-cum-fortress outside Rome (possible the leastaccessible); and the crest of Mount Fuji, where—entirely alone—hewelcomes the sunrise on the longest day of the year.