FEW people today have a personal relationship with the sky. But our ancestors relied on the positions of the stars, sun, moon and planets to tell them when to plant and harvest or how to cross the seas. In How We See the Sky, astronomy professor Thomas Hockey tries to recapture a time before city lights and skyscrapers ruined the view, when all you needed to study the stars were your eyes.
“Hockey tries to recapture a time when all you needed to study the stars were your eyes”
Part primer, part personal log, Hockey’s book takes a quick tour…
