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In Light-Years There’s No Hurry audiobook
- By: Marjolijn van Heemstra
- Narrator: Mounya Dahma
- Category: Philosophy & Social Aspects, Science
- Length: 4 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
- Publish date: January 01, 2023
- Language: English
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In Light-Years There’s No Hurry Audiobook Summary
How seeing Earth through the eyes of an astronaut brings new wonder and meaning to life on our planet.
One stifling summer night, the poet and journalist Marjolijn van Heemstra lay awake, unable to sleep—like so many of us feeling anxious and alienated, deeply exhausted yet restless. Amid the suffocating stream of daily obligations, the clamor of notifications and increasingly dismal headlines, she longed for a way to rise above the frenzy, for a renewed sense of meaning and connection. Then she learned about the overview effect—a permanent shift in consciousness many astronauts experience when beholding Earth from outside the atmosphere—and wondered: could the perspective of outer space offer the internal space she sought?
The lyrical account of van Heemstra’s yearlong quest to experience the overview effect on Earth, In Light-Years There’s No Hurry invites us to lift our gaze above eye level and discover our connections with the cosmos, our planet, and each other. We follow as van Heemstra’s cosmic awareness expands and she finds herself feeling simultaneously lighter and more grounded. Compared with the complexity of the universe, daily life on Earth begins to seem more manageable, while understanding the improbability of our collective existence gives her new patience and tenderness for her neighbors. The grand rhythms of light-years and eons become a source of restoration and relief—a comforting, necessary reminder to slow down and zoom out.
Contemplating the solace a cosmic perspective offers in our chaotic, divided world, In Light-Years There’s No Hurry is a moving meditation on what it is to be human amid the vastness of the universe.
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In Light-Years There’s No Hurry Full Details
| Narrator | Mounya Dahma |
| Length | 4 hours 22 minutes |
| Author | Marjolijn van Heemstra |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group |
| Release date | April 28, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9780593792544 |
Subjects
The publisher of the In Light-Years There’s No Hurry is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: self help, space, astronomy, self help books, science books, inspirational books, nasa, astrophysics, positive thinking, motivational books, solar system, self help books for women, science book, inspirational books for women, personal growth books, science, gratitude, self improvement books, universe, habit, astronomy books, planets, black hole, astronaut, science gifts, self development books, motivational books for women, astrophotography, constellation book, physics gifts, space books, science gifts for adults, Science, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Science, Space Science, Self-Help, Personal Growth, General The BISAC Subject Code is Philosophy & Social Aspects, Science
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The publisher of the In Light-Years There’s No Hurry is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780593792544.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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