Eclipse: Experience Awe in the Path of Totality

Eclipse: Experience Awe in the Path of Totality

Eclipse: Experience Awe in the Path of Totality

Eclipse: Experience Awe in the Path of Totality

Paperback(Updated for April 8, 2024 total eclipse)

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Overview

YOUR COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE APRIL 8, 2024 TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE

The new fourth edition of ECLIPSE gives you all the information you need to get the most out of this "once-in-a-lifetime" event.

Bryan Brewer's enduring classic is now updated with maps and details for the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse crossing the U.S. from Texas to Maine. This critically acclaimed book takes you on a grand, full-color pictorial tour of the history and science of eclipses:

  • Discover how these rare and dramatic celestial events have influenced culture throughout the ages, from Stonehenge and ancient Egypt to Shakespeare and Mark Twain.
  • Follow the sagas of scientists who travel the globe to glimpse precious minutes of totality to study our solar system.
  • Learn the simple secrets of how eclipses occur, and why they continue to rivet the human imagination.
  • Get complete observation guidelines, with tips on selecting a location and knowing what to look for.

This generously illustrated book-which includes the Foreword to the First Edition by Frank Herbert, author of Dune-provides the foundation for an amazing experience of total awe on the day of the eclipse. Over the centuries, observers have described the delicate solar corona, visible only during a total solar eclipse, as a sublime and otherworldly sight.

Few ever get the chance to witness totality, and those who do never forget it. After April 8th, you won't get another chance to see a total solar eclipse in the U.S. for the next 20 years.

Order your copy today and make the 2024 eclipse the unforgettable experience of a lifetime!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9798881124809
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date: 02/12/2024
Edition description: Updated for April 8, 2024 total eclipse
Pages: 114
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.24(d)

About the Author

Bryan Brewer wrote the first edition of ECLIPSE in anticipation of the total solar eclipse on February 26, 1979. He was fortunate enough to witness totality on that day and has been hooked on eclipses ever since. During the 1980’s he was involved in promoting the then nascent technology of CD-ROM, co-authoring The Compact Disc Book, contributing writings to numerous magazines and books, and presenting educational seminars. He also produced the audio compact disc "Self-Guided Relaxation" by Joel Levey.

Bryan published the second edition of ECLIPSE for the July 11, 1991 total solar eclipse, where he traveled to Hawaii for the event. Although clouded out on that day, he kept chasing totality, leading eclipse tour groups to Brazil (1994), the Caribbean (1998), and Germany (1999).

Bryan continues to enjoy his passions for science, mathematics, geography, history, and psychology, which give him the background to write engagingly about all aspects of eclipses. Most recently he enjoyed a spectacular view of totality near Sun Valley, Idaho on August 21, 2017 (third edition), and is looking forward to viewing the total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024 (fourth edition).
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