American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World

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This nineteenth-century celestial drama will enthral readers as a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse plunges America into darkness.
In the summer of 1878 three ruthless and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. One sought to discover a new planet. Another fought to prove that science was not an anathema to femininity. And a young, megalomaniacal inventor sought to test his bona fides and light the world through his revelations. David Baron brings to life these three competitors-James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell and Thomas Edison-re-creating the jockeying of nineteenth-century astronomy. With accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes, the last days of the Wild West come alive. A magnificent portrayal of America's dawn as a superpower, American Eclipse depicts a nation looking to the skies to reveal its ambition and expose its genius.
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Weight 0.620000
Author Baron, David
Availability IP
Department Astronomy
Format Hardback
ISBN 9781631490163
Pages 352
Published 01/08/2017
Publisher W W Norton & Co
Section Astronomy
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