In Light-Years There's No Hurry - Cosmic Perspectives on Everyday Life

One restless summer, anxious and dismayed by mounting crisis and conflict on Earth, poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra learns of a phenomenon known as the overview effect. Experienced by many astronauts when beholding our planet from the remoteness of space, it's a permanent shift in consciousness-an overwhelming sense of wholeness and connection with humanity and the planet. In Light-Years There's No Hurry is the account of van Heemstra's yearlong quest to experience the overview effect on Earth. We follow as she takes a night walk through a forest in search of true darkness, listens to the distant singing of exoplanets at a radio observatory and learns of prisoners working with astrophysicists to imagine possible human settlements on Mars. Contemplating the solace a cosmic perspective offers in our frenetic, divided world, In Light-Years There's No Hurry is a lyrical, searching meditation on what it is to be human amidst the vastness of the universe.

About the author

Marjolijn van Heemstra is a poet, novelist, playwright, and space reporter for the Dutch news organization De Correspondent. The award-winning author of three collections of poetry and a novel, van Heemstra lives in Amsterdam.

Summary

How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet

Product details

• Authors: Marjolijn Van Heemstra, Jonathan Reeder, Marjolijn van Heemstra
• Assisted by: Jonathan Reeder (Translation), Reeder Jonathan (Translation)
• Publisher: Norton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.07.2023
• EAN: 9781324035695
• ISBN: 978-1-324-03569-5
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 342 g
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Science: general issues, SCIENCE / General