American eclipse: a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world
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In vibrant historical detail, American Eclipse animates the fierce jockeying that came to dominate late nineteenth-century American astronomy, revealing the challenges faced by three of the most determined eclipse chasers who participated in this adventure. James Craig Watson, in his day a renowned asteroid hunter; Vassar astronomer Maria Mitchell, who fought to demonstrate that science and higher learning were not anathema to femininity; and Thomas Edison, a young inventor and irrepressible showman. With vivid accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes, Baron's page-turning drama not only brings to life the mythologized age of the Wild West in a totally unexpected way but forever memorializes an historic eclipse that would come to symbolize American science in its ascendance. -- Publisher
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Astronomy
Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Boulder author
Civilization
Colorado author
Eclipses
Eclipses -- History
History
Nineteenth century
Science
Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Science -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918
Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Astronomy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Boulder author
Civilization
Colorado author
Eclipses
Eclipses -- History
History
Nineteenth century
Science
Science -- United States -- History -- 19th century
Science -- United States -- History -- 20th century
United States -- Civilization -- 1865-1918
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American eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world
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American Eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world [electronic resource] / David Baron
American eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world / David Baron
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Civilization
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Nineteenth century
Science
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