American eclipse a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world
In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, revealing the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. James Craig Watson, in his day a renowned...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, N.Y. :
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company,
[2017]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, revealing the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. James Craig Watson, in his day a renowned asteroid hunter; Vassar astronomer Maria Mitchell, who fought to demonstrate that science and higher learning were not anathema to femininity; and Thomas Edison, a young inventor and irrepressible showman. With vivid accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes, Baron's page-turning drama not only brings to life the mythologized age of the Wild West in a totally unexpected way but forever memorializes an historic eclipse that would come to symbolize American science in its ascendance.-- |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 330 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, color chart ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-308) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781631490163 1631490168 |
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