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Totality : the great North American eclipse of 2024 / Mark Littmann and Fred Espenak.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Littmann, Mark, 1939- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Solar eclipses--History.
- Solar eclipses.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (401 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Summary:
- A complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, a total eclipse of the Sun, this book features the eclipse of April 8, 2024 that passes across North America and provides amazing information, stunning photographs, and abundant illustrations to help the public understand and safely enjoy all aspects of solar eclipses.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Praise Page
- Ttile
- Copyright Page
- Dedication Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- 1 The Experience of Totality
- A MOMENT OF TOTALITY
- 2 The Great Celestial Cover-Up
- 3 Ancient Efforts to Understand
- 4 Eclipses in Mythology
- 5 The Strange Behavior of Man and Beast-Long Ago
- 6 The Sun at Work
- 7 The First Eclipse Chasers
- 8 The Eclipse That Made Einstein Famous
- 9 Observing a Total Eclipse
- 10 Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses
- 11 The Strange Behavior of Man and Beast-Modern Times
- 12 Eclipse Photography
- 13 Remembering the All-American Eclipse of 2017
- 14 Coming Back to America-The Total Eclipse of 2024
- 15 The Weather Outlook
- 16 When Is the Next One? Total Eclipses: 2025-2033
- 17 Epilogue: Eclipses-Cosmic Perspective, Human Perspective
- Appendix A: Maps for Every Solar Eclipse 2024-2045
- Appendix B: Total, Annular, and Hybrid Eclipses: 2024-2070
- Appendix C: Total Eclipses in the United States: 1900-2100
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2024.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on August 25, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Littmann, Mark Totality
- ISBN:
- 0-19-198919-3
- 0-19-887909-1
- 9780198879091
- OCLC:
- 1395141938
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