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Totality : the great American eclipses of 2017 and 2024 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Littmann, Mark, 1939- (Author), Espenak, Fred (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Solar eclipses.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The experience of totality
  • 2. The great celestial cover-up
  • 3. Ancient efforts to understand
  • 4. Eclipses in mythology
  • 5. The strange behavior of man and beast--long ago
  • 6. The Sun at work
  • 7. The first eclipse chasers
  • 8. The eclipse that made Einstein famous
  • 9. Observing a total eclipse
  • 10. Eye safety during solar eclipses
  • 11. The strange behavior of man and beast-modern times
  • 12. Eclipse photography
  • 13. The all-American eclipse of 2017
  • 14. The weather outlook
  • 15. When is the next one? Total eclipses: 2018-2023
  • 16. Coming back to America: the total eclipse of 2024
  • 17. Epilogue: Eclipses--cosmic perspective, human perspective.