Download or read book Being in the Shadow written by Kate Russo and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-08 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through personal stories of six ordinary people, this narrative non-fiction book describes what it is like to experience a total eclipse for the first time. After these stories, you will understand why you MUST try to experience this eerie and awe-inspiring event yourself. Essential reading, written by an eclipse-chasing psychologist.

Download or read book Sun Moon Earth written by Tyler Nordgren and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2016-09-13 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With beautiful illustrations and a detailed map, Sun Moon Earth has everything you need to get ready for the next solar eclipse. On April 8, 2024, millions of Americans will experience an awe-inspiring phenomenon: a total eclipse of the sun. In Sun Moon Earth, astronomer Tyler Nordgren illustrates how this most seemingly unnatural of natural phenomena was transformed from a fearsome omen to a tourist attraction. From the astrologers of ancient China and Babylon to the high priests of the Maya, Sun Moon Earth takes us around the world to show how different cultures interpreted these dramatic events. Greek philosophers discovered eclipses' cause and used them to measure their world and the cosmos beyond. Victorian-era scientists mounted eclipse expeditions during the age of globe-spanning empires. And modern-day physicists continue to use eclipses to confirm Einstein's theory of relativity. Beautifully illustrated and lyrically written, Sun Moon Earth is the ideal guide for all eclipse watchers and star gazers alike.

Download or read book American Eclipse written by David Baron and published by . This book was released on 2024-03-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2018 AIP Science Communication Award in Science Writing (Books) Richly illustrated and meticulously researched, American Eclipse ultimately depicts a young nation that looked to the skies to reveal its towering ambition and expose its latent genius.

Download or read book Atlas of Solar Eclipses written by Michael Zeiler and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atlas of Solar Eclipses - 2020 to 2045 is an adventure guide for eclipse chasers traveling the world in search of nature's most stupendous sight, a total eclipse of the Sun. The atlas covers every type of solar eclipse around the world - total, annular, and partial - with overview, regional, and detail maps. Emphasis is given to total solar eclipses in heavily populated areas, such as the 2024 April 8 eclipse across North America, the 2027 August 2 eclipse over Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and the 2045 August 12 eclipse crossing North and South America. The maps are designed to give the reader important information for choosing optimal locations for viewing total and annular solar eclipses, along with explanations of the types of solar eclipses and the phenomena an eclipse viewer will see. Accompanying text gives details of circumstances such as the time of day, sky altitude of eclipse, special situations, viewing advice, and points of interest along the path of each eclipse. The atlas is richly illustrated and developed in an easy-to-understand style and includes summary world maps of every solar eclipse from 1901 to 2100.

Download or read book Observations and Predictions of Eclipse Times by Early Astronomers written by J.M. Steele and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eclipses have long been seen as important celestial phenomena, whether as omens affecting the future of kingdoms, or as useful astronomical events to help in deriving essential parameters for theories of the motion of the moon and sun. This is the first book to collect together all presently known records of timed eclipse observations and predictions from antiquity to the time of the invention of the telescope. In addition to cataloguing and assessing the accuracy of the various records, which come from regions as diverse as Ancient Mesopotamia, China, and Europe, the sources in which they are found are described in detail. Related questions such as what type of clocks were used to time the observations, how the eclipse predictions were made, and how these prediction schemes were derived from the available observations are also considered. The results of this investigation have important consequences for how we understand the relationship between observation and theory in early science and the role of astronomy in early cultures, and will be of interest to historians of science, astronomers, and ancient and medieval historians.

Download or read book Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses written by Fred Espenak and published by Astropixels Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 5,000-year period from -1999 to +3000 (2000 BCE to 3000 CE), Earth will experience 12,064 eclipses of the Moon. The eclipses are distributed as follows: 4,378 penumbral eclipses, 4,207 partial eclipses, and 3,479 total eclipses.The "Five Millennium Catalog of Lunar Eclipses: -1999 to +3000" contains an individual figures and maps for each eclipse showing the geographic regions of visibility for each phase (penumbral, partial, and total). The uncertainty in Earth's rotational period expressed in DT and its impact on the geographic visibility of eclipses in the past and future is discussed.The statistics of the lunar eclipse distribution over 5,000 years are examined in detail. This includes eclipse types by month and by century, eclipse frequency in the calendar year, extremes in eclipse magnitude for all eclipse types, maximum durations of penumbral, partial, and total eclipses, and eclipse duos (two eclipses within 30 days of each other).Finally, the periodicity of lunar eclipses is investigated with particular attention to the Saros cycle. Tables list the start and end dates, number, and type of eclipses of every Saros series in progress during the 5,000-year period covered by the Five Millennium Catalog.The Catalog serves as a supplement to the 2-volume "Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses" which contains a map of every eclipse. The Catalog and the Canon both use the same solar and lunar ephemerides as well as the same value of ?T. This 1-to-1 correspondence between them enhances the value of each.

Download or read book Five Millennium Canon of Solar Eclipses written by Fred Espenak and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Historical Eclipses and Earth s Rotation written by F. Richard Stephenson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-05 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for geophysicists, astronomers (especially those with an interest in history), historians and orientalists. The culmination of many years of research, it discusses, in depth, ancient and medieval eclipse observations and their importance in studying Earth's past rotation. This was the first major book on this subject to appear in the last twenty years. The author has specialised in the interpretation of early astronomical records and their application to problems in modern astronomy for many years. The book contains an in-depth discussion of numerous eclipse records from Babylon, China, Europe and the Arab lands. Translations of almost every record studied are given. It is shown that although tides play a dominant long-term role in producing variations in Earth's rate of rotation - causing a gradual increase in the length of the day - there are significant, and variable non-tidal changes in opposition to the main trend.

Download or read book Solar Science written by Dennis Schatz and published by . This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Solar Science offers more than three dozen hands-on, inquiry-based activities on many fascinating aspects of solar astronomy. The activities cover the Sun's motions, the space weather it causes, the measures of time and seasons in our daily lives, and much more."--

Download or read book Total Eclipse Or Bust written by Patricia Totten Espenak and published by . This book was released on 2023-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TOTAL Eclipse or Bust! A 2024 Family Road Trip" is a book for the entire family. It explains the how and why of eclipses in an uncomplicated and friendly way. It also provides basic information about how to view a total solar eclipse and where to go for America's eclipse on April 8, 2024.

Download or read book Totality The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024 written by Mark Littmann and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-04-14 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Totality: The Great American Eclipses is a complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, total eclipses of the Sun. It focuses on the eclipses of August 21, 2017 and April 8, 2024 that pass across the United States. The U.S. mainland has not experienced a total solar eclipse since 1979. This book provides information, photographs, and illustrations to help the public understand and safely enjoy all aspects of these eclipses including: § How to observe a total eclipse of the Sun § How to photograph and video record an eclipse § Why solar eclipses happen § The earliest attempts to understand and predict eclipses § The mythology and folklore of eclipses § The response of animals to total solar eclipses § The response of man to total eclipses through time § How scientists used total eclipses to understand how the Sun works § How astronomers used a total solar eclipse in 1919 to confirm Einstein's general theory of relativity § Weather prospects for the 2017 eclipse § Detailed maps of the path of totality for the 2017 eclipse and the eclipses of 2018 through 2024 § Precise local times for the eclipses of 2017 and 2024 (the next total solar eclipse to visit the U.S.) § Color and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and charts to illustrate and explain total solar eclipses § Global maps of total solar eclipses from 2017 to 2045 and lists of total and annual solar eclipses from 1970 through 2070

Download or read book A Time of Eclipse written by and published by . This book was released on 2014-03-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Time of Eclipse contains all the setting material from Eclipse Phase first edition. No rules included! Ideal for use with Transhumanity's Fate.

Download or read book What Is a Solar Eclipse written by Dana Meachen Rau and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn about the phenomenon of a solar eclipse just in time for the Great American Eclipse that will take place on April 8, 2024 in this title in the Who HQ Now series featuring newsmakers and trending topics. Just in time for the third North American total solar eclipse of the twenty-first century, this book explains how to safely observe solar eclipses, how long eclipses last, and why they result in a blackout period during the day. Young armchair astronomers and astronauts will be inspired by the wonders of outer space and what exists beyond our atmosphere as they learn more about the moon, the sun, and our earth. What really happens during a solar eclipse and how does it affect the energy in our atmosphere? You'll find the most up-to-date eclipse information in this exciting new book.

Download or read book The Cambridge Eclipse Photography Guide written by Jay M. Pasachoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-11-18 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An invaluable handbook for observing and photographing the forthcoming solar and lunar eclipses due in the 1990s.

Download or read book 21st Century Canon of Solar Eclipses Black and White Edition written by Fred Espenak and published by . This book was released on 2016-09-23 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 21st Century Canon of Solar Eclipses - Black & White Edition contains maps and data for all 224 solar eclipses occurring during the 100-year period from 2001 through 2100. The eclipse predictions are based on the Jet Propulsion Lab's DE405 - a computer ephemeris used for calculating high precision coordinates of the Sun and Moon for hundreds of years into the past and future. Section 1 of the Canon presents fundamental concepts including eclipse classification the visual appearance of each type of eclipse, safe eclipse viewing tips, and how duration changes with distance from the central line. Section 2 discusses the eclipse the predictions, the constants used, time measurement and Delta T. A statistical analysis of eclipse frequency, extremes in eclipse magnitude, greatest central duration and quincena combinations are covered in Section 3. A concise explanation of the data contained in the solar eclipse catalog (Appendix A) and detailed descriptions of the solar eclipse maps (Appendices B, C and D) appear in Sections 4 and 5. The primary content of the 21st Century Canon resides in the four appendices. Appendix A is a comprehensive catalog listing the essential characteristics of each eclipse. These include the calendar date and time of greatest eclipse, Delta T, lunation number, Saros series, gamma, eclipse magnitude, geographic coordinates of greatest eclipse, Sun's altitude and azimuth, central path width and central line duration. Appendix B is an atlas of maps depicting the geographic regions of visibility of each eclipse. The zones of partial and central eclipse are plotted using an orthographic (global) map projection. The 224 maps are arranged twelve to a page permitting the assessment of eclipse visibility from any location on Earth. Appendix C contains zeros in on every solar eclipses from 2017 through 2066 with a detailed full page map of each. Curves of Maximum Time and Curves of Eclipse Magnitude permit the estimation of time and magnitude from any geographic location. Finally, Appendix D plots the track of every central eclipse (total, annular and hybrid) on large scale maps to allow the identification of countries and major cities within each eclipse path. The 21st Century Canon is the modern successor to the NASA publication "Fifty Year Canon of Solar Eclipses". It is available in both black & white and color editions.

Download or read book Eclipse and Revelation written by Associate Professor of Italian Renaissance Art and Architecture Henrike Lange and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024-02-06 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A uniquely prismatic representation of total solar eclipses, this volume invites us to imagine a liberated mode of discovery, perception, creativity, and knowledge-production across the traditional academic divisions.

Download or read book Solar Eclipse 2024 written by Jay S Maxwell and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-03-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on an awe-inspiring journey through space and time with our comprehensive guide to the 2024 total solar eclipse. In this captivating book, readers will delve into the mesmerizing phenomenon of a solar eclipse, gaining a deeper understanding of its cosmic significance and practical implications. From unraveling the celestial mechanics behind eclipses to exploring the best viewing locations and safety precautions, this book equips readers with everything they need to fully experience and appreciate this rare celestial event. Why should you buy this book? Expert Insights: Dive into the science behind solar eclipses with expert explanations and insights. Understand the intricate cosmic conditions that align to create this breathtaking spectacle, from the alignment of the new moon to the moon's distance from Earth. Practical Guidance: Whether you're a seasoned eclipse enthusiast or a novice sky-gazer, this book offers practical guidance on how to safely view the eclipse. Learn about the importance of eye safety and discover the best viewing methods, ensuring a memorable and worry-free experience for you and your loved ones. Unique Perspectives: Explore the cultural significance of eclipses and discover how different societies throughout history have interpreted and celebrated these celestial events. Gain a deeper appreciation for the eclipse's role in shaping human understanding of the universe. Eclipse-themed Delights: Indulge your senses with a tantalizing array of eclipse-themed snacks and beverages. From cosmic-inspired ice creams to celestial cocktails, this book introduces readers to a world of culinary delights to savor during the eclipse. Myth-busting Insights: Separate fact from fiction as we debunk common myths and misconceptions surrounding eclipses. Learn why it's perfectly safe to enjoy eclipse-themed treats and dispel any lingering fears or superstitions. Planning and Preparation: Get ready to witness history with our practical tips and resources for planning your eclipse viewing experience. Whether you're traveling to the path of totality or observing a partial eclipse from your backyard, this book has you covered with expert advice and recommendations. Inspiration and Wonder: Immerse yourself in the wonder of the cosmos as you prepare to witness one of nature's most breathtaking spectacles. Experience the beauty and grandeur of the universe firsthand and create lasting memories that will stay with you long after the eclipse has passed. Don't miss out on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to witness the 2024 total solar eclipse. Join us on a journey through space and time and unlock the mysteries of the cosmos like never before. Get your copy of "SOLAR ECLIPSE 2024" today and prepare to be amazed!