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 the 2017 eclipse Detailed maps of the path of totality for the 2017 eclipse and the eclipses of 2018 through 2024 Precise local times for the eclipses of 2017 and 2024 (the next total solar eclipse to visit the U.S.) Color and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and charts to illustrate and explain total solar eclipses Global maps of total solar eclipses from 2017 to 2045 and lists of total and annual solar eclipses from 1970 through 2070
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Oxford University Press
ISBN-13
9780198795698
eBay Product ID (ePID)
229886451
Product Key Features
Author
Fred Espenak, Mark Littmann
Publication Name
Totality-The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Science, Astronomy
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
362 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
240mm
Item Width
162mm
Item Weight
828g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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