American Eclipse by David Baron
This nineteenth-century celestial drama will enthral readers as a coast-to-coast total solar eclipse plunges America into darkness.
"Baron's stories are good ones, well told" -- Nature
"American Eclipse is an incredibly well written work of non-fiction. It is clearly the result of considerable research and careful thought. And it tells a great story." -- Book of the Month - BBC Sky at Night
"... Eclipse is a shining example of scientific curiosity at work." -- New Scientist
"The author gives a skillful account of the scientific aims of the various teams of eclipse-watchers, from the examination of the solar corona to the more precise calculation of the Moon’s orbit." -- 12 Books of Christmas - Sky at Night
"American Eclipse is an incredibly well written work of non-fiction. It is clearly the result of considerable research and careful thought. And it tells a great story." -- Book of the Month - BBC Sky at Night
"... Eclipse is a shining example of scientific curiosity at work." -- New Scientist
"The author gives a skillful account of the scientific aims of the various teams of eclipse-watchers, from the examination of the solar corona to the more precise calculation of the Moon’s orbit." -- 12 Books of Christmas - Sky at Night
David Baron is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and author of The Beast in the Garden and American Eclipse. A former science correspondent for NPR, he has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Scientific American, and other publications. David recently served as the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration, and Scientific Innovation. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781631490163 |
| ISBN 10 | 1631490168 |
| Title | American Eclipse |
| Author | David Baron |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | WW Norton & Co |
| Year published | 2017-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award 2018 |
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