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Item Information   Holdings     Author Notes & Sketches     Fiction & Biography         Library Journal Review             Summary     Table of Contents       More by this author     Dvorak, John (John J.), author.     Subjects     Solar eclipses -- History.     Total solar eclipses -- History.     Saros cycle.     Solar eclipses -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dvorak, John (John J.), author.       by title:      Mask of the sun : th...         MARC Display

Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses / John Dvorak. by Dvorak, John (John J.), author. Subjects Solar eclipses -- History.   Total solar eclipses -- History.   Saros cycle.   Solar eclipses -- History. Publisher Info:  New York, NY : Pegasus Books Ltd., [2017] ©2017 Edition:  First Pegasus Books edition. Description:  xxvii, 272 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm RDA Types:  text unmediated volume ISBN:  9781681773308 1681773309 Contents:  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. Format Book:  Summary:  Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They have been thought of as harbingers of evil as well as a sign of the divine. An amazing phenomena unique to Earth, they have provided the key to much of what we now know and understand about the sun, our moon, gravity, and the workings of the universe. Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur-- as well as insight into the forthcoming eclipse of 2017 that will be visible across North America. No. of Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Marion Public Library Top Floor 332.024 DVO Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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