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Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses / John Dvorak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dvorak, John (John J.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solar eclipses--History.
- Solar eclipses.
- Total solar eclipses--History.
- Total solar eclipses.
- Saros cycle.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First Pegasus Books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pegasus Books, 2017.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781681773308
- 1681773309
- OCLC:
- 951925837
- Publisher Number:
- 99971605276
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