Chasing the Sun by Richard Cohen  Book Reviews Chasing the Sun
How much do you know about the star that gives earth life?  In
checking the weather every day, many look outside to see if the
sun is shining. But how much thought is given over all the ways
this distant star makes life possible on planet Earth and its
pervasiveness in culture?  In Chasing the Sun: The Epic Story of
the Star That Gives Us Life, Richard Cohen traces the story of
the sun and how it has been used and viewed throughout recorded
time. The sun has been the object of many myths all over the
world. Solstices and equinoxes have had celebrations as people
recognize how the sun influences the changing of the seasons.
Some of these events take places in structures such as
Stonehenge in England where the sun shines through the center of
the monument on only one day a year. Ancient people feared solar
eclipses as they saw them as portents of doom. Over time, humans
have worked out when eclipses would happen so they came to be
expected events.