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.
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- Authors:
- van Heemstra, Marjolijn
- Year Published:
- 2023
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781324035695
- Number of Pages:
- 192
- Publication Date:
- 07/07/2023
- Publisher:
- WW Norton & Co
- Place of Publication:
- New York
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781324035695