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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…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2017Liveright · 330 pages · 9781631490163
ScienceEclipsesCivilizationAstronomyHistoryUnited states, civilization, 1865-1918Eclipses -- HistoryHISTORY / United States / 19th Century