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Total eclipses of the sun.

Eclipses have captured attention and sparked curiosity about the cosmos since the first appearance of humankind. Having been blamed for everything from natural disasters to the fall of kings, they are now invaluable tools for understanding many celestial as well as terrestrial phenomena. This clear,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zirker, Jack B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Edición:Expanded ed.
Colección:Princeton science library.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface ; 1. Thirty Centuries of Eclipse Watching; 2. Eclipses Explained; 3. Time, Tide, and Gravity ; 4. The Chromosphere ; 5. The Solar Corona ; 6. Interplanetary Dust; 7. The Earth's Atmosphere ; 8. Waves in the Earth's Atmosphere ; 9. A Test of General Relativity ; 10. I Got Rhythm, You Got Rhythm -- 11. Future Experiments: Is the Sun Shrinking?; 12. The Great Hawaiian Eclipse ; Postscript ; Glossary; Index. 
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