Totality: Eclipses of the Sun
Books / Hardcover
ISBN: 0195131789 / Publisher: Oxford University Press, July 1999
Offers information on the history, science, and intrigue involved with solar eclipses, and provides a list of solar eclipses that are predicted to occur between the years 2000 and 2020.
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Now Oxford University Press is pleased to be publishing a new edition of Totality that has been updated to include current information on the August 1999 eclipse over parts of Europe, Turkey, and Africa, as well as information on other major eclipses of the forthcoming decade. Including thebasics of how and where to view an eclipse--and how to view it safely--this book also presents the history, mythology, solar science, and astrodynamics of eclipses. This new edition also adds Fred Espenak, noted eclipse photographer and Astrophysicist at NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, to the teamof authors, and integrates many of his stunning color photographs into this unparalleled exploration of eclipses.
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