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Steel, Duncan,1955-

the celestial phenomenon that changed the course of history

Duncan Steel ; foreword by Paul Davies

Joseph Henry Press

c2001

xv, 474 p. ill., map 19 cm

Includes index , Machine generated contents note: 1 From the Depths of Time:The Earliest Recorded Eclipses --2 The Heavenly Cycles --3 Making Predictions --4 A Warp in Space --5 The Turbulent Sun --6 Ancient Eclipses and the Length of the Day --7 Eclipses and the Size of the Sun --8 The American Eclipses of 1780 and 1806 --9 The Rocky Mountain Eclipse of 1878 10 The Great New York City Winter Eclipse --11 Nantucket, the Astronomically Blessed --12 Eclipses of the Third Kind --13 and a Fourth --14 Stepping Beyond the Solar System --15 An Eclipse Chaserʹs Guide --16 An Eclipse Whodunit --Appendix: Calculating Eclipses --Glossary of Astronomical and Scientific Terms --Picture Credits

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