Eclipse: journeys to the dark side of the Moon

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"In this personal travelogue ... Frank Close describes the spellbinding allure of this most beautiful natural phenomenon. He explains why eclipses happens, reveals their role in history, literature, and myth, and focuses on eclipse chasers, who travel with ecstatic fervour to some of the most inaccessible places on the globe to be present at the moment of totality."--Back cover.

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Full title :Eclipse : journeys to the dark side of the Moon / Frank Close.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2016.
Edition:1st edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:Oxford
Language:eng
Publication Date:2016.

Notes

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:219, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : colour illustrations, colour map ; : 21 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780198795490, 0198795491
oclc:ocn986278518

Prologue: Amid the blaze of noon -- 1. Peterborough 30 June 1954 -- 2. Waiting for Godot -- 3. Preparation -- 4. Cornwall: 11 August 1999 -- 5. June 21st is Midwinter's Day -- 6. 'Who's arranged this eclipse?' -- 7. Earthshine in the Sahara: Libya 2006 -- 8. The most remote exclipses -- 9. Atlantic adventure -- 10. back to the future -- Epilogue: Everything under the Sun is in tune.