Tyler Nordgren (Author of Sun, Moon, Earth)

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Tyler Nordgren is a Full Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Redlands. While earning his PhD in astronomy at Cornell University, Dr. Nordgren has used modern observatories around the world as part of his research. Dr. Nordgren has written peer-reviewed articles on subjects ranging from dark matter in galaxies to the pulsation of stars that are the foundation of our understanding of the size and age of the Universe. In 2004, NASA鈥檚 Spirit and Opportunity rovers landed on Mars carrying sundials, or 鈥淢arsdials鈥� on board which Dr. Nordgren helped design with a team of seven other scientists and artists. A third Marsdial that Dr. Nordgren helped design is onboard NASA鈥檚 newest rover, Curiosity, scheduled for an August 2012 la Tyler Nordgren is a Full Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Redlands. While earning his PhD in astronomy at Cornell University, Dr. Nordgren has used modern observatories around the world as part of his research. Dr. Nordgren has written peer-reviewed articles on subjects ranging from dark matter in galaxies to the pulsation of stars that are the foundation of our understanding of the size and age of the Universe. In 2004, NASA鈥檚 Spirit and Opportunity rovers landed on Mars carrying sundials, or 鈥淢arsdials鈥� on board which Dr. Nordgren helped design with a team of seven other scientists and artists. A third Marsdial that Dr. Nordgren helped design is onboard NASA鈥檚 newest rover, Curiosity, scheduled for an August 2012 landing on Mars. Over the last two decades he has seen the steady spread of urban lighting that shines up into the sky to ultimately shrink the scale of the universe observable to the vast majority of people on Earth. Since 2005, he has worked with the U.S. National Park Service to promote astronomy education in U.S. national parks where the public still has a chance to see a natural nocturnal landscape that includes an unobstructed view of the Universe beyond our own atmosphere. Dr. Nordgren has helped document this vanishing landscape with award-winning night sky photography that has been on display in galleries from New York City to Flagstaff, Arizona and is on display in a number of national parks. In addition, Dr. Nordgren has also developed a popular poster campaign in conjunction with the National Park Service to 鈥淪ee the Milky Way鈥� in America鈥檚 parks where 鈥淗alf the park is after dark.鈥� In 2010 his book "Stars Above, Earth Below: A Guide to Astronomy in the National Parks" was published as a way to spread the message of the importance of protecting the night sky. This interdisciplinary look at the intersection of the night sky, geology, art, history, exploration and environmental conservation and America鈥檚 national parks was funded by The Planetary Society, the non-profit space advocacy organization founded by the late Carl Sagan. In 2011 Dr. Nordgren was elected to the Board of Directors of the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) the premier organization dedicated to protecting and preserving dark starry skies around the world. Dr. Nordgren now regularly tours the national parks giving talks to visitors and rangers alike educating both on the beauty of the night sky and how our national parks open a window on the Universe beyond.
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	Sun, Moon, Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses, from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets 3.84 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“For human beings, with our limited lives and limited means of travel, these vagaries of celestial alignment mean the majority of people on Earth have never seen a total solar eclipse.”
― Tyler Nordgren, Sun, Moon, Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses, from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets

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“Every clear night is an opportunity to experience something amazing. I have seen comets stretch across the sky, viewed sunlight glinting off the dust that floats between the planets, and witnessed a Milky Way so bright that the glow of its billion stars cast a shadow at my feet. But in all my life I have never seen anything as awe inspiring, as awesome鈥攊n the original definition of the word鈥攁s a total eclipse of the Sun.”
― Tyler Nordgren, Sun, Moon, Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses, from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets

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“Suddenly, the Sun鈥檚 thin sickle of light breaks apart into an array of brilliant specks that dance and shimmer along the Moon鈥檚 jet-black rim. They are called Baily鈥檚 beads鈥攖he last rays of the vanishing Sun streaming through actual mountain valleys along the curved lunar surface.”
― Tyler Nordgren, Sun, Moon, Earth: The History of Solar Eclipses, from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets

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