Eclipse : the celestial phenomenon that changed the course of history

Summary

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• Full Title: Eclipse : the celestial phenomenon that changed the course of history/ Duncan Steel ; foreword by Paul Davies.

Notes

• Includes index.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Preface -- From the depths of time : the earliest recorded eclipses -- Heavenly cycles -- Making predictions -- Warp in space -- Turbulent sun -- Ancient eclipses and the length of the day -- Eclipses and the size of the sun -- American eclipses of 1780 and 1806 -- Rocky Mountain eclipse of 1878 -- Great New York City winter eclipse -- Nantucket, the astronomically blessed -- Eclipses of the third kind -- And a fourth -- Stepping beyond the solar system -- Eclipse chaser's guide -- Eclipse whodunit.
• Also issued online.

Identifiers

• Isbns: 030907438X; 9780309074384
• Oclc Number: (OCoLC)47996571

Publication Statement

• Place: Washington, DC
• Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
• Date: 2001

Physical Description

• Extent: xv, 474 pages :
• Dimensions: 19 cm
• Illustrations: illustrations, map ;

Table Of Contents

• Preface -- From the depths of time : the earliest recorded eclipses -- Heavenly cycles -- Making predictions -- Warp in space -- Turbulent sun -- Ancient eclipses and the length of the day -- Eclipses and the size of the sun -- American eclipses of 1780 and 1806 -- Rocky Mountain eclipse of 1878 -- Great New York City winter eclipse -- Nantucket, the astronomically blessed -- Eclipses of the third kind -- And a fourth -- Stepping beyond the solar system -- Eclipse chaser's guide -- Eclipse whodunit.

Summary

• Looks at the process that leads to solar eclipses, historical events that have been ascribed to times of eclipse, and the current theories and controversies surrounding eclipses.

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