Book Details
Are you feeling drawn to witness the Total Solar Eclipse on April 8, 2024? Do you want to get the most out of this "once-in-a-lifetime" event? This new fourth edition of ECLIPSE gives you all the information you need to get in the path of totality and prepare for an amazing experience of total awe.
Bryan Brewer’s enduring classic—now updated with maps and details for the 2024 event—takes you on a grand, full-color pictorial tour of the history and science of eclipses. Discover how these rare and dramatic celestial events have influenced culture throughout the ages, from Stonehenge and ancient Egypt to Shakespeare and Mark Twain. Follow the sagas of scientists who traveled the globe to glimpse precious minutes of totality to study our solar system. Learn the simple secrets of how eclipses occur, and why they continue to rivet the human imagination.
This background lays the foundation for your breathtaking appreciation of this beautiful spectacle on the day of the eclipse. This generously illustrated, full-color book includes a complete viewing guide, with tips on selecting a location and knowing what to look for. Over the centuries, observers have described the delicate solar corona—visible only during a total solar eclipse—as a sublime and otherworldly sight. Few ever get the chance to experience totality, and those who do never forget it.
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“ECLIPSE is a wonderfully entertaining introduction to Nature’s greatest spectacle, rich in historical details and anecdotes while presenting satisfying explanations of how eclipses occur and why they’ve been of such great importance to science. Everyone reading this delightful work will surely find themselves craving to see the great American total solar eclipse of 2024 with their own eyes.”
—Fred Espenak, Bifrost Astronomical Observatory
Author of Eclipse Bulletin: Total Solar Eclipse of 2024 April 08
E-book version (print replica with all photos) also available at other retailers.
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