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American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
By David Baron
Hardcover
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By David Baron
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Rivalries are fun to read about — and here, fact is stranger than fiction as two scientists race against time and each other to experience a total solar eclipse. This tense and vivid narrative is packed with personality.
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.On a scorching July afternoon in 1878, at the dawn of the Gilded Age, the moon’s shadow descended on the American West, darkening skies from Montana Territory to Texas. This rare celestial event—a total solar eclipse—offered a pricel...
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