Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses
Record details
- ISBN: 1681773309
- ISBN: 9781681773308
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Physical Description:
xxvii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First Pegasus Books edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Pegasus Books Ltd., [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
General Note: | "March 2017"--Title page verso. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue : 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 -- Epilogue : Illinois, 2017 -- Appendix : an eclipse primer. |
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Genre: | History. |
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