America's First Eclipse Chasers: Stories of Science, Planet Vulcan, Quicksand, and the Railroad Boom - Couverture souple

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Hockey, Thomas

 
9783031241239: America's First Eclipse Chasers: Stories of Science, Planet Vulcan, Quicksand, and the Railroad Boom
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3031241231 ISBN 13 : 9783031241239
Editeur : Springer International Publishing AG, 2023

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

Thomas Hockey received his undergraduate degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and earned a PhD as New Mexico State University's first-ever graduate in Astronomy and the History of Astronomy. He is the author or editor of ten books, including the award-winning Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers (Springer).

Hockey is a veteran of eight total solar eclipses. He lives between the past and future: His house is on the path of 1869's rare, transcontinental, total eclipse, and he looks forward to taking his students to the path of the similar solar eclipse of 2024.

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Éditeur
Springer International Publishing AG
Date d'édition
2023
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3031241231
ISBN 13 
9783031241239
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
461
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