David Baron: American Eclipse, Gebunden
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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- Verlag:
- Liveright Publishing Corporation, 06/2017
- Einband:
- Gebunden, ,
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781631490163
- Artikelnummer:
- 5075157
- Umfang:
- 352 Seiten
- Gewicht:
- 685 g
- Maße:
- 241 x 167 mm
- Stärke:
- 35 mm
- Erscheinungstermin:
- 6.6.2017
- Hinweis
-
Achtung: Artikel ist nicht in deutscher Sprache!
Klappentext
In the summer of 1878 three ruthless and brilliant scientists raced to Wyoming and Colorado to observe a total solar eclipse. One sought to discover a new planet. Another fought to prove that science was not an anathema to femininity. And a young, megalomaniacal inventor sought to test his bona fides and light the world through his revelations.
David Baron brings to life these three competitors-James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell and Thomas Edison-re-creating the jockeying of nineteenth-century astronomy. With accounts of train robberies and Indian skirmishes, the last days of the Wild West come alive. A magnificent portrayal of America's dawn as a superpower, American Eclipse depicts a nation looking to the skies to reveal its ambition and expose its genius.
