LEADER 01229nam0-22004571i-450 001 990003926110403321 005 20190320105441.0 010 $a88-7303-862-X 035 $a000392611 035 $aFED01000392611 035 $a(Aleph)000392611FED01 035 $a000392611 100 $a20030910d2002----km-y0itay50------ba 101 1 $aita 102 $aIT 200 1 $aMatlab$econcetti e progetti$fGiovanni Naldi, Lorenzo Pareschi 210 $aMilano$cApogeo$dc2002 215 $aviii, 348 p.$cill.$d24 cm 225 1 $aPerCorsi di studio 610 0 $aSoftware statistico 610 0 $aStatistica computazionale$aMatlab 610 0 $aLinguaggi di programmazione$aMatlab 676 $a005.133 700 1$aNaldi,$bGiovanni$067469 701 1$aPareschi,$bLorenzo$081889 801 0$aIT$bUNINA$gRICA$2UNIMARC 901 $aBK 912 $a990003926110403321 952 $aVIII-C-222$b9074$fMAS 952 $aVIII-C-246$fMAS 952 $aD-65-NPM-01$b19365$fMA1 952 $aD-65-NPM-02$b19643$fMA1 952 $a00 L2915$b5756$fDETEC 959 $aMAS 959 $aMA1 959 $aDETEC 962 $a65-01 962 $a65DXX 962 $a68W30 996 $aMatlab$938620 997 $aUNINA LEADER 04407nam 22006615 450 001 9910728392703321 005 20251008133530.0 010 $a9783031241246$b(electronic bk.) 010 $z9783031241239 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-24124-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30553114 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30553114 035 $a(OCoLC)1381709689 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-24124-6 035 $a(BIP)086484432 035 $a(PPN)270612645 035 $a(CKB)26784641700041 035 $a(EXLCZ)9926784641700041 100 $a20230527d2023 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAmerica?s First Eclipse Chasers $eStories of Science, Planet Vulcan, Quicksand, and the Railroad Boom /$fby Thomas Hockey 205 $a1st ed. 2023. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (461 pages) 225 1 $aPopular Astronomy,$x2626-8779 311 08$aPrint version: Hockey, Thomas America's First Eclipse Chasers Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031241239 327 $aChapter 1. Introduction: ?The Rush of this Black Wing of Night? -- Chapter 2. A TRANS-AMERICAN ECLIPSE -- Chapter 3. SOME LIGHT UPON THIS DARK SUBJECT -- Chapter 4. NAVY ASTRONOMERS 2,000 KILOMETERS ASHORE -- Chapter 5. THE VAST BLACK ORB -- Chapter 6. NEW ASTRONOMY IN THE OLD WEST -- Chapter 7. OBSERVING IN STYLE -- Chapter 8. MEETING OF THE GRAYHAIRS -- Chapter 9. Overhanging Monster Wings:? The Philadelphia Photographic Corp -- Chapter 10. SURVEYING A SOLAR ECLIPSE -- Chapter 11. The Canadians: Toques on the Frontier -- Chapter 12. Chasing the Umbra through Time and Space -- Chapter 13. A DARKNESS THAT CAN BE FELT -- Chapter 14. STANDING OF THE EDGE LOOKING UP -- Chapter 15. VULCAN -- Chapter 16. AMERICANS IN TOTALITY -- Chapter 17. IN THE SHADOW OF BENJAMIN BANNEKER and ?EVEN THOUGHTLESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN HUSH . . .? -- Chapter 18. FIRE CLOUD -- Chapter 19. WHAT DID IT ALL MEAN? -- Chapter 20. . . . AND WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THAT?. 330 $aIn 2017, over 200 million Americans witnessed the spectacular total eclipse of the Sun, and the 2024 eclipse is expected to draw even larger crowds. In anticipation of this upcoming event, this book takes us back in history over 150 years, telling the story of the nation?s first ever eclipse chasers. Our tale follows the chaotic journeys of scientists and amateur astronomers as they trekked across the western United States to view the rare phenomenon of a total solar eclipse. The fascinating story centers on the expeditions of the 1869 total eclipse, which took place during the turbulent age of the chimerical Planet Vulcan and Civil War Reconstruction. The protagonists?a motley crew featuring astronomical giants like Simon Newcomb and pioneering female astronomers like Maria Mitchell?were met with unanticipated dangers, mission-threatening accidents, and eccentric characters only the West could produce. Theirs is a story of astronomical proportions. Along theway, we will make several stops across the booming US railroad network, traveling from viewing sites as familiar as Des Moines, Iowa, to ones as distant and strange as newly acquired Alaska. From equipment failures and botched preparations to quicksand and apocalyptic ?comets?, welcome to the wild, western world of solar eclipses. 410 0$aPopular Astronomy,$x2626-8779 606 $aPhysics$xHistory 606 $aAstronomy$vObservations 606 $aUnited States$xHistory 606 $aScience$xHistory 606 $aHistory of Physics and Astronomy 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques 606 $aUS History 606 $aHistory of Science 615 0$aPhysics$xHistory. 615 0$aAstronomy 615 0$aUnited States$xHistory. 615 0$aScience$xHistory. 615 14$aHistory of Physics and Astronomy. 615 24$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aUS History. 615 24$aHistory of Science. 676 $a509 676 $a523.78 700 $aHockey$b Thomas$01361184 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 912 $a9910728392703321 996 $aAmerica's First Eclipse Chasers$93379475 997 $aUNINA