In the shadow of the moon : the science, magic, and mystery of solar eclipses / Anthony Aveni.
Aveni, Anthony, author.
2017
QB541 .A84 2017eb
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Title In the shadow of the moon : the science, magic, and mystery of solar eclipses / Anthony Aveni.
Author Aveni, Anthony, author.
ISBN 9780300227574 (electronic book)
9780300223194
Published New Haven, [Connecticut] : Yale University Press, 2017.
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xi, 312 pages) : illustrations
Call Number QB541 .A84 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 523.78
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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An introduction to solar eclipses. Colossal celestial spectacles ; Watching people watch eclipses ; What you see and why you see it
Eclipses in the ancient world. Eclipses computer Stonehenge ; Babylonian decryptions ; Greek science ; The Crucifixion darkness ; Ancient Chinese secrecy ; Maya prediction ; Aztec sacrifice
Eclipses in the modern age. The rebirth of eclipse science is Islam and Europe ; The New England Eclipses of 1806 ; Expedition to Pike's Peak, 1878 ; New York's Central Park, 1925
Lessons from eclipses. The eclipses as cartographer and timekeeper ; Zoologists chasing shadow
Personal eclipses. Eclipses in culture
A confession
Appendix. A brief chronology of solar eclipses.

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