| Description |
xiii, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, charts, photographs, maps ; 22 cm |
| Local Note |
rw |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
From omen to awe -- A day with two dawns and midnight at noon -- Two worlds one sun -- Shadows across a sea of stars -- As below, so above -- The eclipse that changed the world -- Saros siblings -- The great American eclipse and beyond -- The last total eclipse. |
| Summary |
Ahead of the first total eclipse of the sun in 40 years, which will take place on August 21, 2017, an astronomer describes how solar eclipses were treated and interpreted by past civilizations, philosophers and Victorian scientists. |
| Subject(S) |
Solar eclipses.
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Nonfiction.
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| ISBN |
9780465060924 (hardcover) |
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0465060927 (hardcover) |
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