DELIVERING far more than the title promises, Hoeppe’s book describes an intellectual quest that began with the ancients. He details our growing understanding of the sky’s light, and the insights and experiments that brought it about. After the mid-19th century, abstract studies of sky light fostered advances in climatology, physiology, ozone, astronomy, electromagnetism and more. A well-illustrated, rewarding read that answers one of the most frequently asked questions addressed to New Scientist‘s The Last Word.
Why the Sky is Blue
Princeton University Press
