| Edition |
First Pegasus Books edition. |
| Description |
xxvii, 272 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-264) and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- Illinois, 2017 -- An eclipse primer. |
| Summary |
An astronomer explores the ways eclipses have shaped the course of human history, from the ancient Chinese who recorded their occurrences on turtle shells and the Mayan “Dresden Codex,” to appearances in literature and historic events, up through modern times. |
| Subject |
Solar eclipses -- History.
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Total solar eclipses -- History.
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Saros cycle.
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| ISBN |
9781681773308 (hbk.) |
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1681773309 (hbk.) |
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