Starry Night: Astronomers and poets read the sky by David Levy,
Prometheus, $18, ISBN 1573928879
PUBLIC suspicion about science does not extend to astronomy. It is popular,
and astronomers are too. You have only to go out at night to see for yourself
the working material of astronomy. The spectacle of the sky on a clear night is
beautiful and mysterious, a combination of infinite seduction.
David Levy’s Starry Night is a personal account of his belief that
science and poetry both deal with humanity and its relation to the Universe.
Gazing at the stars’ numinous display almost inevitably arouses…
