Total Eclipses of the Sun : : Expanded Edition /

Total Eclipses of the Sun : : Expanded Edition / / Jack B. Zirker.

Eclipses have captured attention and sparked curiosity about the cosmos since the first appearance of humankind. Having been blamed for everything from natural disasters to the fall of kings, they are now invaluable tools for understanding many celestial as well as terrestrial phenomena. This clear,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
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Zirker, Jack B.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1995
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Expanded
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 296
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Physical Description:1 online resource (244 p.) :; 7 tables 70 figs.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface to the Paperback Edition
  • Preface
  • 1. Thirty Centuries of Eclipse Watching
  • 2. Eclipses Explained
  • 3. Time, Tide, and Gravity
  • 4. The Chromosphere
  • 5. The Solar Corona
  • 6. Interplanetary Dust
  • 7. The Earth's Atmosphere
  • 8. Waves in the Earth's Atmosphere
  • 9. A Test of General Relativity
  • 10. "I Got Rhythm, You Got Rhythm"
  • 11. Future Experiments: Is the Sun Shrinking?
  • 12. The Great Hawaiian Eclipse
  • Postscript
  • Glossary
  • Index

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