George F. Chambers wrote The Story of Eclipses for ‘the man in the street’ who would one day stand under totality: how eclipses happen, the saros that predicts them, the great expeditions mounted to chase the Moon’s shadow, and the historical eclipses that frightened armies and dated ancient chronicles.
Written when an eclipse expedition was still high adventure, it makes the celestial machinery vivid without a single equation. Download the free EPUB and be ready for your next two minutes of darkness.