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In light-years there's no hurry: cosmic perspectives on everyday life (Record no. 59518)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number	9781324035695
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number	839.3147 HEE
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Personal name	Heemstra, Marjolijn van
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title	In light-years there's no hurry: cosmic perspectives on everyday life
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication, distribution, etc	New York:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc	W.W. Norton & Company,
Date of publication, distribution, etc	2023.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent	179p.:
Other physical details	hbk.:
Dimensions	22cm
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc	Includes Epilogue, a word of thanks, sources and Index
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Summary, etc	How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet.<br/><br/>One stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep—like so many of us feeling anxious and alienated, deeply exhausted yet restless. Amid the suffocating stream of daily obligations, the clamor of notifications and increasingly dismal headlines, she longed for a way to rise above the frenzy, for a renewed sense of meaning and connection. Then she learned about the overview effect—a permanent shift in consciousness many astronauts experience when beholding Earth from outside the atmosphere—and wondered: could the perspective of outer space offer the internal space she sought?<br/><br/>The lyrical account of van Heemstra’s yearlong quest to experience the overview effect on Earth, In Light-Years There’s No Hurry invites us to lift our gaze above eye level and discover our connections with the cosmos, our planet, and each other. We follow as van Heemstra’s cosmic awareness expands and she finds herself feeling simultaneously lighter and more grounded. Compared with the complexity of the universe, daily life on Earth begins to seem more manageable, while understanding the improbability of our collective existence gives her new patience and tenderness for her neighbors. The grand rhythms of light-years and eons become a source of restoration and relief—a comforting, necessary reminder to slow down and zoom out.<br/><br/>Contemplating the solace a cosmic perspective offers in our chaotic, divided world, In Light-Years There’s No Hurry is a moving meditation on what it is to be human amid the vastness of the universe.<br/><br/><br/>https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324035695
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Science Book
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Literatures
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Short Literatures
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element	Sense of Humanity
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Personal name	Reeder, Jonathan
Relator term	Translator
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Item type	Books
Source of classification or shelving scheme	Dewey Decimal Classification

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		Dewey Decimal Classification			General	IIT Gandhinagar	IIT Gandhinagar	20/12/2023	CBS Publishers	2163.47	2	839.3147 HEE	033683	20/07/2024	20/06/2024	20/06/2024	1	2163.47	Books