Fiat Lux!

“The sun provides our civilizations with light, warmth, dinner (via photosynthesis) and of late more and more of the power we use. It also provides our bodies, as this entertaining and informative account makes clear, with what they need. It’s the only object in our universe we can’t look at directly, but this sideways glance reminds us why we can’t live without it.” —Bill McKibben, author of Here Comes the Sun

“In this absorbing and fast-paced investigation, Rowan Jacobsen has responsibly reexamined the thinking about sunlight and human health and shown us a plausibly better way. Employing his typically dogged research style, he burns a shoe store’s worth of shoe leather getting to the bottom of what is no less than a plot against nature. Avoid this book (and the sun) at your peril.” —Paul Greenberg, author of Four Fish and The Climate Diet  

“An eye-opening investigation into the health benefits of sunlight…Illuminating and accessibly written, this will make readers want to head outside.” —Publisher’s Weekly