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19%OFFFrank Close - Eclipse - Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon - 9780198795490 - V9780198795490
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Eclipse - Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon

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Description for Eclipse - Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon Hardback. .
On 21 August 2017, over 100 million people will gather in a narrow belt across the USA to witness the most watched total solar eclipse in history. Eclipse - Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon, written by the widely read popular science author Frank Close, describes the spellbinding allure of this most beautiful natural phenomenon. The book explains why eclipses happen, reveals their role in history, literature and myth, and focuses on eclipse chasers, who travel with ecstatic fervour to some of the most inaccessible places on the globe to be present at the moment of totality. ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780198795490
SKU
V9780198795490
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About Frank Close
Frank Close is an eminent research theoretical physicist in nuclear and particle physics. Currently Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Exeter College, he was formerly the Head of the Theoretical Physics Division at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory. He served as Chair of the UK Space Exploration Working Group 2007 which culminated with Tim Peake's ... Read more

Reviews for Eclipse - Journeys to the Dark Side of the Moon
There are a plethora of guides to eclipse chasing that will satisfy those who want to know all the whys and wherefores of predicting and observing eclipses ... The reader does get a real sense of the lasting impact these eclipses have had on Close and the feeling that being present in the umbral shadow is an experience not to ... Read more

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