Books by Philip S. Harrington
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Eclipse! The What, Where, When, Why, and How Guide to Watching Solar & Lunar Eclipses
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Topics covered
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A Brief History Lesson
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The Age of Understanding
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How Does an Eclipse Work?
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Solar Eclipses
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Lunar Eclipses
Chapter 1 updates
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Page 18 (first printing only). The last sentence of the second paragraph should read: "For instance ... eclipses of 1973 ... Saros #136 and all occur at DESCENDING nodes" (not ascending).
Recommended reading
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Eclipse: The Celestial Phenomenon That Changed the Course of History; Steel, D.; Joseph Henry Press, 2001; ISBN: 030907438X.
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Totality; Littmann, M, Wilcox, K., and Espenak, F.; Oxford University Press, 1999; ISBN: 0195131797.
Web sites
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From Australian lunar eclipse expert Byron Soulsby.
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Words of wisdom from NASA's chief eclipsophile, Fred Espenak.
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Solar & Lunar Eclipse Simulator Software
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PC freeware from Christian Nuesch
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