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SOLAR ECLIPSE

how to view it, where to watch, what to read

Protect your eyes
Don't look directly at the eclipse! Make sure to wear glasses made to view eclipses or make a simple solar pinhole viewer

Find a viewing spot
Step outside by 2:30 to see the height of the eclipse. Visit the State Library in Harrisburg for a clear viewing location and equipment to watch the eclipse. PennLive also has a list of locations.

Not just astronomy
Search eclipse in our catalog to see the hundreds of books with the word in the title! (The books below are actually about the astronomical event!)

Books relevant to the Great American Eclipse

Sun, moon, Earth : the history of solar eclipses, from omens of doom to Einstein and exoplanets
by Tyler E. Nordgren

Ahead of the first total eclipse of the sun in 40 years, which will take place on August 21, 2017, an astronomer describes how solar eclipses were treated and interpreted by past civilizations, philosophers and Victorian scientists.

American eclipse : a nation's epic race to catch the shadow of the moon and win the glory of the world
by David Baron

Documents the efforts of three late-19th-century scientists to observe the rare total solar eclipse of 1878, citing how the respective ambitions of James Craig Watson, Maria Mitchell and Thomas Edison, juxtaposed against the challenges of the Wild West, helped America's early pursuits as a scientific superpower.

Eclipse : the celestial phenomenon that changed the course of history
by Duncan Steel

Looks at the process that leads to solar eclipses, historical events that have been ascribed to times of eclipse, and the current theories and controversies surrounding eclipses

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