Fire of Life: The Smithsonian Book of the Sun

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Book description: New York: W. W. Norton & Co. ,. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1981. Hard Cover. 0895990067 . 262 pages, well illustrated in color, cloth, dust jacket frayed otherwise very good. 10-1/2 by 10-1/2 inches. Contributors include: S. Dillon Ripley, Evan Hadingham, Owen Gingerich, Tom D. Crouch, William C. Livingston, George Field, Kenneth L. Franklin and David Morrison. From the publisher: Center of our universe, giver of light, the sun creates and sustains all life on Earth. And from time immemorial, mankind has venerated the sun, fascinated by the dazzling star that orders the world. With word and image, Fire of Life celebrates man's relationship to the fiery orb that governs his very existence, and evokes his awe and wonderment. Illustrated with more than 300 photographs and paintings in full color, the book takes the reader on a journey from the dawn of the universe to the present, as man seeks new ways to draw from the sun the energy upon which human civilization depends. .

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