Название: America's First Eclipse Chasers: Stories of Science, Planet Vulcan, Quicksand, and the Railroad Boom
Автор: Thomas Hockey
Издательство: Springer
ISBN: 3031241231
Год: 2023
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 461
Размер: 23,8 МБ
Язык: Английский

In 2017, over 200 million Americans witnessed the spectacular total eclipse of the Sun, and the 2024 eclipse is expected to draw even larger crowds. In anticipation of this upcoming event, this book takes us back in history over 150 years, telling the story of the nation’s first ever eclipse chasers. Our tale follows the chaotic journeys of scientists and amateur astronomers as they trekked across the western United States to view the rare phenomenon of a total solar eclipse.