Sun, Moon, Earth : the history of solar eclipses, from omens of doom to Einstein and exoplanets / Ty...
Sun, Moon, Earth : the history of solar eclipses, from omens of doom to Einstein and exoplanets / Ty...
Sun, Moon, Earth : the history of solar eclipses, from omens of doom to Einstein and exoplanets / Tyler Nordgren.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, [2016]
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G 2016/2897
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiii, 239 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
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.
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Publisher
New York : Basic Books, [2016]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2016]
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Summary
"On August 21, 2017, more than ten million Americans will experience an awe-inspiring phenomenon: the first total eclipse of the sun in America in almost forty years. In Sun Moon Earth, astronomer Tyler Nordgren illustrates how this most seemingly unnatural of natural phenomena was transformed from a fearsome omen to a tourist attraction. From the...
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Sun, Moon, Earth : the history of solar eclipses, from omens of doom to Einstein and exoplanets / Tyler Nordgren.
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History of solar eclipses, from omens of doom to Einstein and exoplanets
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2016
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G 2016/2897
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74VKVqLJrAN3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVqLJrAN3
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ISBN
9780465060924 hardcover
0465060927 hardcover
DDC
523.7809
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991024008003802626
