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Title: TOTALITY - THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSES OF 2017 AND 2024
By: Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak
Format: Hardback

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ISBN 10: 0198795696
ISBN 13: 9780198795698
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Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
Pub. date: 1 May, 2017
Pages: 368
Description: A complete guide to solar eclipses for the general public with detailed coverage of the 2017 and 2024 total eclipses over the U.S. Well timed for the August 2017 eclipse over North America, it shows how, when, and where to see the coming total solar eclipses, how to photograph and video record them, and how to do so safely.
Synopsis: Totality: The Great American Eclipses is a complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, total eclipses of the Sun. It focuses on the eclipses of August 21, 2017 and April 8, 2024 that pass across the United States. The U.S. mainland has not experienced a total solar eclipse since 1979. This book provides information, photographs, and illustrations to help the public understand and safely enjoy all aspects of these eclipses including: How to observe a total eclipse of the Sun How to photograph and video record an eclipse Why solar eclipses happen The earliest attempts to understand and predict eclipses The mythology and folklore of eclipses The response of animals to total solar eclipses The response of man to total eclipses through time How scientists used total eclipses to understand how the Sun works How astronomers used a total solar eclipse in 1919 to confirm Einstein's general theory of relativity Weather prospects for
Illustrations: 110 half tones and 50 line figures including original eclipse maps, and
Publication: UK
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Returns: Returnable
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