American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
by Baron, David
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1631490168
- ISBN 13
- 9781631490163
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Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2017. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, bringing to life the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. James Craig Watson, virtually forgotten in the twenty-first century, was in his day a renowned asteroid hunter who fantasized about becoming a Gilded Age Galileo. Hauling a telescope, a star chart, and his long-suffering wife out west, Watson believed that he would discover Vulcan, a hypothesized "intra-Mercurial" planet hidden in the sunâs brilliance. No less determined was Vassar astronomer Maria Mitchell, whoâin an era when womenâs education came under fierce attackâfought to demonstrate that science and higher learning were not anathema to femininity. Despite obstacles erected by the male-dominated astronomical community, an indifferent government, and careless porters, Mitchell courageously charged west with a contingent of female students intent on observing the transcendent phenomenon for themselves. Finally, Thomas Edisonâa young inventor and irrepressible showmanâbraved the wilderness to prove himself to the scientific community. Armed with his newest invention, the tasimeter, and pursued at each stop by throngs of reporters, Edison sought to leverage the eclipse to cement his place in history. What he learned on the frontier, in fact, would help him illuminate the world.
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- Bookseller
- Michael Patrick McCarty, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World
- Author
- Baron, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1631490168
- ISBN 13
- 9781631490163
- Publisher
- Liveright Publishing Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2017
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 23 oz
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