Totality: Eclipses of the Sun, 3rd ed.

✍ Scribed by Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak, Ken Willcox

• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 358
• Edition: 3
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A total eclipse of the Sun is the most awesome sight in the heavens. Totality takes you to eclipses of the past, present, and future, and lets you see--and feel--why people travel to the ends of the Earth to observe them. An absolutely indispensable resource for anyone who plans to observe an eclipse, and a must read for all astronomy buffs, this superb new edition brims with the anecdotes, experiences, and advice of many veteran eclipse observers. Indeed, it is the best guide and reference book on solar eclipses ever written, packed with information on how to observe them; how to photograph and videotape them; why they occur; their history and mythology; how eclipses revealed the workings of the Sun and made Einstein famous; and when and where to see future eclipses. Totality once again features the spectacular photography of Fred Espenak, who runs the NASA Eclipse Home Page and is the best-known and respected of all eclipse calculators and information sources. His many stunning color photographs illuminate this unparalleled exploration of eclipses. The volume has been updated to include current information on upcoming eclipses, with new chapters on the total eclipses due in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2017, plus all new chapters on how to photograph, video record, and process your eclipse images, with emphasis on the new generation of digital cameras. Strikingly illustrated with stunning photographs and more than a hundred maps and diagrams, here is everything you need to know about eclipses of the sun, in an accurate, clearly written, and entertaining volume that can be read by lay people and astronomers with ease and enjoyment.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 14
1 The Experience of Totality......Page 18
2 The Great Celestial Cover-Up......Page 24
3 A Quest to Understand......Page 46
4 Eclipses in Mythology......Page 56
5 The Strange Behavior of Man and Beast......Page 66
6 Anatomy of the Sun......Page 74
7 The First Eclipse Expeditions......Page 86
8 The Eclipse That Made Einstein Famous......Page 108
9 Modern Scientific Uses for Eclipses......Page 126
10 Observing a Total Eclipse......Page 144
11 Observing Safely......Page 170
12 Eclipse Photography......Page 178
13 Shadow, Camera, Action!—Capturing an Eclipse on Video......Page 208
14 Getting the Most From Your Eclipse Photos......Page 218
15 The Eclipse of August 1, 2008......Page 232
16 The Eclipse of July 22, 2009......Page 240
17 The Pedigree of an Eclipse......Page 250
18 The Eclipse of July 11, 2010......Page 262
19 The All-American Eclipse of 2017......Page 270
20 Coming Attractions......Page 288
Epilogue Eclipses—Cosmic Perspective, Human Perspective......Page 306
Appendix A: Total, Annular, and Hybrid Eclipses: 2008–2060......Page 310
Appendix B: Recent Total, Annular, and Hybrid Eclipses: 1970–2008......Page 316
Appendix C: Chronology of Discoveries about the Sun......Page 320
Appendix D: NASA Solar Eclipse Bulletins......Page 338
C......Page 340
E......Page 341
N......Page 342
S......Page 343
U......Page 344
Selected Bibliography......Page 346
C......Page 352
E......Page 353
I......Page 354
N......Page 355
S......Page 356
W......Page 357
Z......Page 358

✦ Subjects

Физика;Астрономия и астрофизика;Астрофизика;Астрофизика звезд;Солнце;