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5) Neon Nevada
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Neon Nevada is at once a stirring ode to a fading tradition and a celebration of a unique modern art, one whose pages will bring back memories while, perhaps, also conjuring up dreams of the future.
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"The development of the modern world has brought with it rampant light pollution, destroying the ancient mystery of night and exacting a terrible price--wasted energy, damage to human health, and the sometimes fatal interruption of the life patterns of many wildlife species. Artificial light blocks our view of the stars and mirrors a lack of appreciation for night’s gifts of quiet and repose, and it negatively affects ecosystems in ways we are only...
Author
Publisher
University of Nevada Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"This book explores what the experience of being outside under a natural starry sky-how important it is to human life, and how so many people don't know this experience. It combines the lyrical writing of Paul Bogard with the night-sky photography of Beau Rogers. There are nine chapters"--
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Thomas Edison was a famous American inventor in the late 1800s. His work with light bulbs got a lot of attention. Over time, many stories were told about this work, including that he invented the light bulb. But this isn't true! Discover what's real andwhat's fiction through infographics, primary sources, and expertly leveled text"--
"Thomas Edison was a famous American inventor in the late 1800s. His work with light bulbs got a lot of attention....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"The Age of Edison places the story of Edison's invention in the context of a technological revolution that transformed America and Europe in these decades. Edison and his fellow inventors emerged from a culture shaped by broad public education, a lively popular press that took an interest in science and technology, and an American patent system that encouraged innovation and democratized the benefits of invention. And in the end, as Freeberg shows,...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"At the turn of the century, Paris was a hotbed of creativity. Technology boomed, delivering to the world electric light, the automobile, and new ways to treat disease, while imagination blossomed, creating Art Nouveau, motion pictures, and modernist literature. A pivotal figure during this time, yet largely forgotten today, Loie Fuller was an American performance artist who became a living symbol of the Art Nouveau movement with her hypnotic dances...
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