{"product_id":"transforming-night-the-history-and-science-of-light-pollution-paperback","title":"Transforming Night: The History and Science of Light Pollution - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSara B. Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul S. Sutter\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePaul S. Sutter\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eWho owns the night--and what is lost as we flood it with light, worldwide?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eDarkness has become legible--and contested. Blending archival narrative with on-the-ground ethnography, Sara B. Pritchard traces how four fields--astronomy, remote sensing, conservation science, and ecology--have investigated artificial light at night, turning a ubiquitous convenience into a category of harm. From observatories chasing ever-receding darkness to the satellite images that first rendered a nocturnal planet from space and recent \"Black Marble\" maps, Pritchard shows how methods, instruments, and field sites shape what scientists can know about night and light--and what remains unseen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcross these encounters, night emerges not as a backdrop but as an environment in its own right--one transformed by rapidly expanding, brightening illumination in the Anthropocene. \u003ci\u003eTransforming Night\u003c\/i\u003e chronicles the ascent of \"light pollution,\" as well as the new challenge of space-based brightness from satellite constellations, even as dark-sky advocates fight to preserve the starry firmament. Attentive to politics as much as photons, Pritchard brings environmental justice to the fore--highlighting tensions among light poverty, forced illumination, and surveillance and calls for \"beneficial darkness.\" She takes seriously Indigenous astronomers' critiques of dispossession and \"astro-colonialism,\" asking what it means to site world-class telescopes on sacred land.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSweeping from local parks to planetary vistas, \u003ci\u003eTransforming Night\u003c\/i\u003e reframes a familiar story of modern light as a history of changing nights--past, present, and possible. It will engage readers in environmental history and humanities, science and technology studies, and the sciences themselves, along with dark-sky activists and anyone drawn to the beauty and politics of the world after nightfall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eSara B. Pritchard\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of science and technology studies at Cornell University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eConfluence: The Nature of Technology and the Remaking of the Rhône\u003c\/i\u003e and coauthor of \u003ci\u003eTechnology and the Environment in History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 364\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 22, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67961165676765,"sku":"9780295755205","price":58.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/bcJa9Jj74N9780295755205.webp?v=1790841043","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/transforming-night-the-history-and-science-of-light-pollution-paperback","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}