Glorious Eclipses: Their Past Present and Future (Hardcover)

by Serge Brunier (Author), Jean-Pierre Luminet (Author), Storm Dunlop (Translator) "It always begins the same way..." (more)
Key Phrases: eclipse chasers, maximum eclipse, lunar limb, Full Moon, Solar System, Mauna Kea (more...)

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From Scientific American
An extraordinarily beautiful book, Glorious Eclipses guides us elegantly through the history of obscurations of the sun and moon - from the ancient Chinese belief that a dragon was devouring the daytime star through current theories and on to celestial events forthcoming in the next six decades. Some of the most startling images come from the days when photography was in its infancy and astronomers still made drawings of eclipses - the one at the right, by Warren de la Rue, is the solar eclipse of July 1860, observed from Spain. Published in time for June's eclipse across southern Africa, the book, by Brunier, former editor of the magazine Ciel et Espace, and Luminet, a research director at CNRS, is translated from the French.

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"This is the ultimate eclipse book...successfully brings the beauty of total solar eclipses to the fore...there is much that is excellent in the book. The charts of future eclipses at the end of the book are redrawn at the highest quality...As a book of history, myth, literature, photography and expeditionary experiences, Glorious Eclipses is outstanding." Nature

"Glorious Eclipses is almost as good as being there." Naples, Florida News

"An extraordinarily beautiful book, Glorious Eclipses guides us elegantly through the history of obscurations of the sun and moon--from the ancient Chinese belief that a dragon was devouring the daytime star through current theories and on to celestial events forthcoming in the next six decades." Scientific American

"Serge Brunier and Jean-Pierre Luminet have done an admirable job bringing their passion for eclipses to bear in this study, and Storm Dumlop has done remarkably well in perseving their insights in his tranlation...The writing is good, and the explanation are concise, but what what really makes this book soar is its photographs...I've seen 56 eclipses of the Sun and Moon in my lifetime; now with this magnificent publication, I can relive the feeling once more." Jrnl of the Meteortical Society

"THIS MAY BE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK ON ECLIPSES ever produced, with scores of wonderful eclipse photos showing virtually every possible aspect of a total eclipse of the Sun...the overall coverage is wide-ranging and includes many references to and illustrations of historical eclipese...the book and its great sucess are the exquisitely produced illustrations and the generous number of them. The historical sections are gorgeously done. Anyone who has made the effort to travel halfway around the world to see the spectacle of a total eclipse of the Sun will be interested in his book and probably want to own it. It would make an ideal gift for the addicted eclipse chaser." Sky News Nov Dec 2001

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• Hardcover: 192 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (December 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521791480
• ISBN-13: 978-0521791489
• Product Dimensions: 14.1 x 10 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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