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Bibliographic Information
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Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses
First Pegasus Books edition.
- Author
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Dvorak, John (John J.)
- Publisher:
- Pegasus Books Ltd.,
- Pub date:
- [2017]
- Pages:
- xxvii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
- ISBN:
- 9781681773308
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Item info:
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1 copy available in
Adult nonfiction shelves.
1 copy total in all locations.
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523.7809 DVO
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Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses
First Pegasus Books edition.
Dvorak, John (John J.)
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Personal Author:
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Dvorak, John (John J.)
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Title:
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Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses / John Dvorak.
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Edition:
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First Pegasus Books edition.
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Physical description:
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xxvii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
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General Note:
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"March 2017"--Title page verso.
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Contents:
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Prologue : New York, 1925 -- The heretic and the Pope -- The invisible planets of Rahu and Ketu -- Saros and the substitute king -- Measuring the world -- The waste of yin -- A request to the curious -- The annulus at Inch Bonney -- A simple truth of nature -- Eclipse chasers -- Keys and kettledrums -- The crucifixion and the Concorde -- Einstein's error -- The glorious corona -- Epilogue : Illinois, 2017 -- Appendix : an eclipse primer.
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Summary:
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Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They have been thought of as harbingers of evil as well as a sign of the divine. An amazing phenomena unique to Earth, they have provided the key to much of what we now know and understand about the sun, our moon, gravity, and the workings of the universe. Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur-- as well as insight into the forthcoming eclipse of 2017 that will be visible across North America.
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Subject term:
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Solar eclipses--History.
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Subject term:
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Total solar eclipses--History.
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Saros cycle.
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Subject term:
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Solar eclipses--History.