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Oxford Totality The Great American Eclipses of 2017 and 2024 2017 Edition by Mark Littmann, Fred Espenak
Totality: The Great American Eclipses is a complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, total eclipses of the Sun. It focuses on the eclipses of August 21, 2017 and April 8, 2024 that pass across the United States. The U.S. mainland has not experienced a total solar eclipse since 1979. This book provides information, photographs, and illustrations to help the public understand and safely enjoy all aspects of these eclipses including:How to observe a total eclipse of the SunHow to photograph and video record an eclipseWhy solar eclipses happenThe earliest attempts to understand and predict eclipsesThe mythology and folklore of eclipsesThe response of animals to total solar eclipsesThe response of man to total eclipses through timeHow scientists used total eclipses to understand how the Sun worksHow astronomers used a total solar eclipse in 1919 to confirm Einstein's general theory of relativityWeather prospects for the 2017 eclipseDetailed maps of the path of totality for the 2017 eclipse and the eclipses of 2018 through 2024Precise local times for the eclipses of 2017 and 2024 (the next total solar eclipse to visit the U.S.)Color and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and charts to illustrate and explain total solar eclipses Global maps of total solar eclipses from 2017 to 2045 and lists of total and annual solar eclipses from 1970 through 2070 Table of Contents :- 1: The Experience of Totality2: The Great Celestial Cover-Up3: Ancient Efforts to Understand4: Eclipses in Mythology5: The Strange Behavior of Man and Beast - Long Ago6: The Sun at Work7: The First Eclipse Chasers8: The Eclipse that Made Einstein Famous9: Observing a Total Eclipse10: Eye Safety During Solar Eclipses11: The Strange Behavior of Man and Beast - Modern Times12: Eclipse Photography13: The All-American Eclipse of 201714: The Weather Outlook15: When Is the Next One? Total Eclipses: 2018-202316: Coming Back to America: The Eclipse of 202417: EpilogueAppA: Maps for Every Solar Eclipse 2017-2045App B: Total, Annular, and Hybrid Eclipses: 2017-2060App C: Recent Total, Annular, and Hybrid Eclipses: 1970-2016App D: Total Eclipses in the United States: 1492 to 2100