About the Author

David Baron, an award-winning journalist and author of The Beast in the Garden, is a former science correspondent for NPR and former science editor for the public radio program The World. An incurable umbraphile whose passion for chasing eclipses began in 1998, he lives in Boulder, Colorado.

Reviews

"Baron's stories are good ones, well told."
*Nature*

"American Eclipse is an incredibly well written work of non-fiction. It is clearly the result of considerable research and careful thought. And it tells a great story."
*Book of the Month - BBC Sky at Night*

"... Eclipse is a shining example of scientific curiosity at work."
*New Scientist*

"The author gives a skillful account of the scientific aims of the various teams of eclipse-watchers, from the examination of the solar corona to the more precise calculation of the Moon’s orbit."
*12 Books of Christmas - Sky at Night*

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