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Eclipse - journeys to the dark side of the moon.

In August 2017, 100 million will gather across the USA to watch a total solar eclipse. This book, written by the widely read popular science author Frank Close, describes the spellbinding allure of this most beautiful natural phenomenon, taking the reader to a war zone in the Western Sahara, to the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: CLOSE, FRANK
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : OXFORD UNIV Press, 2017.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Prologue: dark amid the blaze of noon
  • Peterborough 30 June 1954
  • Waiting for Godot
  • Preparation
  • Cornwall: 11 August 1999
  • June 21st is Midwinter's Day
  • 'Who's arranged this eclipse?'
  • Earthshine in the Sahara: Libya 2006
  • The most remote eclipses
  • Atlantic adventure
  • Back to the future
  • Epilogue: everything under the sun is in tune.