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Totality - Eclipses of the Sun

Totality - Eclipses of the Sun

by Mark Littmann, Ken Willcox & Fred Espenak

Second Edition

Oxford University Press


"The finest book on eclipses ever written."
----Leif Robinson, Editor-In-Chief, Sky and Telescope Magazine


"This is the book! -Everything you ever wanted to know about eclipses.I know it's going to be one of my favorites.You can always count on these writers to give you the best."
----Jack Horkheimer, Writer/Host, "StarGazer" on PBS-TV


"Totality eclipses all other resources regarding the what, where, when, and how questions on the millennium's last eclipse - and beyond."
----Anthony Aveni, astronomer, authour of Stairways to the Stars


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Originally published to commemorate the total eclipse of 1991, Totality - Eclipses of the Sun is a unique treatment of these phenomena that has served as an invaluable resource for eclipse watchers and students of astronomy. Now Oxford University Press is pleased to be publishing anew edition of Totality that has been updated to include currentinformation on the August 1999 eclipse over parts of Europe, Turkey,and Africa, as well as maps and information on every eclipse up through the year 2020.

Including the basics of how and where to view an eclipse--and how toview it safely--this book also presents much of the history, mythology,solar science, and astrodynamics of eclipses. This new edition alsoadds Fred Espenak, noted eclipse photographer and Astrophysicist atNASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, to the team of authors, and integrates many of his stunning color photographs into this unparalleled exploration of eclipses.

An indispensable resource for anyone who plans to observe an eclipse,and a fascinating read for anyone with an interest in astronomy, Totality will be the only reference you need to take you through the first eclipses of the twenty-first century.

Mark Littmann is a Professor of Science Writing and Astronomy at the University of Tennessee. The late Ken Willcox was a Research Chemist at Phillips Petroleum Co., and an Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Bartlesville Wesleyan College until his death in 1999.Fred Espenak is an Astrophysicist at the NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center.



Oxford University Press

Totality - Eclipses of the Sun

Mark Littmann, Ken Willcox & Fred Espenak

Second Edition
264 pp. 14 4-color, & 70 halftones; 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
(Cloth); ISBN 0-19-513178-9
(Paperback); ISBN 0-19-513179-7

Copyright 1999, Oxford University Press

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Totality - Eclipses of the Sun

Second Edition

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 The Experience of Totality
Chapter 2 The Great Celestial Cover-Up
Chapter 3 A Quest to Understand
Chapter 4 Eclipses in Mythology
Chapter 5 Strange Behavior of Man and Beast
Chapter 6 Anatomy of the Sun
Chapter 7 The First Eclipse Expeditions
Chapter 8 The Eclipse That Made Einstein Famous
Chapter 9 Modern Scientific Uses for Eclipses
Chapter 10 Observing a Total Eclipse
Chapter 11 Observing Eclipses Safely
Chapter 12 Eclipse Photography
Chapter 13 The Pedigree of an Eclipse
Extinction of Total Eclipses
Chapter 14 The Eclipse of August 11, 1999
Chapter 15 Coming Attractions--Maps of Eclipses: 2000-2020
Appendix A Total and Annular Eclipses: 1999-2052
Appendix B Recent Total and Annular Eclipses: 1970-1999
Appendix C Equipment Manufacturers and Retailers
Appendix D Eclipse and Astronomy Software
Appendix E Internet Resources
Appendix F Popular Astronomy Magazines and Journals
Appendix G NASA Solar Eclipse Bulletins
Appendix H Chronology of Discoveries about the Sun
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Copyright ©1999 by Mark Littmann, Ken Willcox and Fred Espenak

All rights reserved. This material may not be reproduced, published, copied or transmitted in any form, including electronically on the Internet or World Wide Web, without written permission of the authors.

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