Totality : eclipses of the sun.

Totality : eclipses of the sun.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Littmann, Mark, 1939-
Edition:	3rd ed. / Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, Ken Willcox.
Imprint:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Description:	xv, 341 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Solar eclipses. Solar eclipses.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7411206

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Other authors / contributors:	Espenak, Fred. Willcox, Ken, 1943-
ISBN:	0199532095 9780199532094
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-333) and index.

Table of Contents:

Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. The Experience of Totality
2. The Great Celestial Cover-Up
3. A Quest to Understand
4. Eclipses in Mythology
5. The Strange Behavior of Man and Beast
6. Anatomy of the Sun
7. The First Eclipse Expeditions
8. The Eclipse That Made Einstein Famous
9. Modern Scientific Uses for Eclipses
10. Observing a Total Eclipse
11. Observing Safely
12. Eclipse Photography
13. Shadow, Camera, Action!-Capturing an Eclipse on Video
14. Getting the Most From Your Eclipse Photos
15. The Eclipse of August 1, 2008
16. The Eclipse of July 22, 2009
17. The Pedigree of an Eclipse
18. The Eclipse of July 11, 2010
19. The All-American Eclipse of 2017
20. Coming Attractions
Epilogue: Eclipses-Cosmic Perspective, Human Perspective
Appendix A. Total, Annular, and Hybrid Eclipses: 2008-2060
Appendix B. Recent Total, Annular, and Hybrid Eclipses: 1970-2008
Appendix C. Chronology of Discoveries about the Sun
Appendix D. NASA Solar Eclipse Bulletins
Glossary
Selected Bibliography
Index