Eclipse: Experience Awe in the Path of Totality

by Bryan Brewer

The new fourth edition of ECLIPSE gives you all the information you need to get the most out of this "once-in-a-lifetime" event.

Bryan Brewer’s enduring classic is now updated with maps and details for the April 8, 2024 total solar eclipse crossing the U.S. from Texas to Maine. This critically acclaimed book takes you on a grand, full-color pictorial tour of the history and science of eclipses:

• Discover how these rare and dramatic celestial events have influenced culture throughout the ages, from Stonehenge and ancient Egypt to Shakespeare and Mark Twain.

• Follow the sagas of scientists who travel the globe to glimpse precious minutes of totality to study our solar system.

• Learn the simple secrets of how eclipses occur, and why they continue to rivet the human imagination.

• Get complete observation guidelines, with tips on selecting a location and knowing what to look for.

This generously illustrated book—which includes the Foreword to the First Edition by Frank Herbert, author of Dune—provides the foundation for an amazing experience of total awe on the day of the eclipse. Over the centuries, observers have described the delicate solar corona, visible only during a total solar eclipse, as a sublime and otherworldly sight.