{"product_id":"totality-great-american-eclipses-c-hardcover","title":"Totality: Great American Eclipses C - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEspenak Littmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTotality: The Great American Eclipses\u003c\/em\u003e 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 Sun, how to photograph and video record an eclipse, why solar eclipses happen, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMark Littmann\u003c\/strong\u003e has written several popular books about astronomy. \u003cem\u003ePlanets Beyond: Discovering the Outer Solar System\u003c\/em\u003e won the Science Writing Award of the American Institute of Physics. \u003cem\u003ePlanet Halley: Once in a Lifetime\u003c\/em\u003e (Donald K Yeomans, co-author) won the Elliott Montroll Special Award of the New York Academy of Sciences. Reviewers described \u003cem\u003eThe Heavens on Fire: The Great Leonid Meteor Storms\u003c\/em\u003e as a \"unique achievement,\" \"altogether satisfying,\" and \"a compelling read.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark holds an endowed professorship, the Hill Chair of Excellence in Science Writing, at the University of Tennessee where he teaches three different courses in writing about science, technology, medicine, and the environment. He has helped lead expeditions to Canada, Hawaii, Bolivia, Aruba, and Turkey to observe total eclipses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFred Espenak \u003c\/strong\u003eis the most widely recognized name in solar eclipses. He is an astrophysicist emeritus at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, where he founded and runs the NASA Eclipse Home Page http: \/\/eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov\/eclipse.html, the most consulted website for eclipse information around the globe. His Five Millennium Canons of solar and lunar eclipses are seminal works for researchers, archaeologists, and historians. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFred writes regularly on eclipses for \u003cem\u003eSky \u0026amp; Telescope\u003c\/em\u003e and is probably the best known of all eclipse photographers. He leads expeditions for every total solar eclipse and has done so for more than 35 years. In 2003, the International Astronomical Union honored Espenak and his eclipse work by naming asteroid 14120 after him.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 362\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752137490720,"sku":"9780198795698","price":37.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/917b14aac04255e709ff375c91f40e0b.webp?v=1779988473","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/totality-great-american-eclipses-c-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}