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Mask of the sun : the science, history, and forgotten lore of eclipses / John Dvorak.

by Dvorak, John (John J.)

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Pegasus Books, c2017.

Solar eclipses -- History.

Total solar eclipses -- History.

1st. Pegasus Books ed.

xxvii, 272 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-264) and index.

New York, 1925 -- The heretic and the Pope -- The invisible planets of Rahu and Ketu -- Saros and the substitute king -- Measuring the world -- The waste of yin -- A request to the curious -- The annulus at Inch Bonney -- A simple truth of nature -- Eclipse chasers -- Keys and kettledrums -- The Crucifixion and the Concorde -- Einstein's error -- The glorious corona -- Illinois, 2017 -- An eclipse primer.

An astronomer explores the ways eclipses have shaped the course of human history, from the ancient Chinese who recorded their occurrences on turtle shells and the Mayan {28}Dresden Codex. Whether seen as harbingers of evil or a sign of the divine, eclipses one of the rarest and most stunning celestial events we can witness here on Earth have influenced human history and thought since we first turned our eyes to the sky. Both entertaining and authoritative, Mask of the Sun reveals the humanism behind the science of both lunar and solar eclipses. With insightful detail and vividly accessible prose, Dvorak provides explanations as the how and why eclipses occur--as well as insight into the forthcoming eclipse of 2017 that will be visible across North America.

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