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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Dvorak, John (John J.), author.     Subjects     Eclipses.     Eclipses -- History.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Dvorak, John (John J.), author.       by title:      Mask of the sun [lar...         MARC Display

Mask of the sun [large type] : the science, history and forgotten lore of eclipses / John Dvorak. by Dvorak, John (John J.), author. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2017. Subjects Eclipses.   Eclipses -- History. ISBN:  9781683244028 (large print : hardcover : alk. paper) 1683244028 (large print : hardcover : alk. paper) Description:  432 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm Edition:  Center Point Large Print edition. Contents:  Prologue : New York, 1925 -- The heretic and the Pope -- The invisible planets of Rahu and Ketu -- Saros and the substitute king -- Measuring the world -- The waste of yin -- A request to the curious -- The annulus at Inch Bonney -- A simple truth of nature -- Eclipse chasers -- Keys and kettledrums -- The crucifixion and the Concorde -- Einstein's error -- The glorious corona -- Epilogue : Illinois, 2017 -- Appendix : an eclipse primer. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Both entertaining and authoritative, Mask of the Sun reveals the humanism behind the science of both lunar and solar eclipses. With insightful detail and vividly accessible prose, Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur--as well as insight into the forthcoming eclipse of 2017 that will be visible across North America"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Library For The Blind and Print Disabled Large Type LT 523.7809 Dv Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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