The Sun's Heartbeat : And Other Stories from the Life of the Star That Powers Our Planet (Hardcover)

from MarkBeronte

The beating heart of the sun is the very pulse of life on earth. And from the ancients who plotted its path at Stonehenge to the modern scientists who unraveled the nuclear fusion reaction that turns mass into energy, humankind has sought to solve its mysteries. In this lively biography of the su...

from DonCranford

Extremely well written book on the Sun. It delves into the historical and factual with the witty and funny Bob Berman. Berman makes reading a science book fun. He discloses a lot of little known facts on the Sun that are rather startling. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and plan to re-read it oft...

from LisCarey

This is a highly readable account of the science of our nearest and most important star, and the stories behind how we have learned all that we know about it. Berman starts with such basics as how we tracked the Sun's movement through our sky and how it governs our agricultural year, to figuring ...

from akreese

Never before would I have imagined that a scientific book about the sun could grab my attention, but Bob Berman's entertaining explanations had me eager to return to this book time and again. I wish that I would have had a science teacher as gifted as he at capturing my imagination and curiosity....

from MarkBeronte

The beating heart of the sun is the very pulse of life on earth. And from the ancients who plotted its path at Stonehenge to the modern scientists who unraveled the nuclear fusion reaction that turns mass into energy, humankind has sought to solve its mysteries. In this lively biography of the su...