Mask of the Sun: the science, history and forgotten lore of eclipses
(eAudiobook)
Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened, and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They were recorded on ancient turtle shells discovered in the Wastes of Yin in China, on clay tablets from Mesopotamia and on the Mayan "Dresden Codex." They are mentioned in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and at least eight times in the Bible. Columbus used them to trick people, while Renaissance painter Taddeo Gaddi was blinded by one. Sorcery was banished within the Catholic Church after astrologers used an eclipse to predict a pope's death. In Mask of the Sun, acclaimed writer John Dvorak explains the importance of the number 177 and why the ancient Romans thought it was bad to have sexual intercourse during an eclipse (whereas other cultures thought it would be good luck). Even today, pregnant women in Mexico wear safety pins on their underwear during an eclipse. Eclipses are an amazing phenomena-unique to Earth-that have provided the key to much of what we now know and understand about the sun, our moon, gravity, and the workings of the universe. Both entertaining and authoritative, Mask of the Sun reveals the humanism behind the science of both lunar and solar eclipses. With insightful detail and vividly accessible prose, Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur.
Notes
Dvorak, J., & Snow, C. M. (2017). Mask of the Sun: the science, history and forgotten lore of eclipses. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Dvorak, John and Corey M., Snow. 2017. Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Dvorak, John and Corey M., Snow, Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2017.
MLA Citation (style guide)Dvorak, John, and Corey M. Snow. Mask of the Sun: The Science, History and Forgotten Lore of Eclipses. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2017.
Hoopla Extract Information
hooplaId | 11987326 |
---|---|
title | Mask of the Sun |
kind | AUDIOBOOK |
price | 2.51 |
active | 1 |
pa | 0 |
profanity | 0 |
children | 0 |
demo | 0 |
rating | |
abridged | 0 |
dateLastUpdated | Jan 14, 2023 06:16:04 PM |
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Nov 22, 2023 10:45:14 PM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Apr 24, 2024 09:17:11 PM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 03081nim a22004815a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | MWT11987326 | ||
003 | MWT | ||
005 | 20231027044150.0 | ||
006 | m o h | ||
007 | sz zunnnnnuned | ||
007 | cr nnannnuuuua | ||
008 | 231027o2017 xxunnn eo z n eng d | ||
020 | |a 9781541497962|q (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) | ||
020 | |a 1541497961|q (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) | ||
028 | 4 | 2 | |a MWT11987326 |
029 | |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ttm_9781541497962_180.jpeg | ||
037 | |a 11987326|b Midwest Tape, LLC|n http://www.midwesttapes.com | ||
040 | |a Midwest|e rda | ||
099 | |a eAudiobook hoopla | ||
100 | 1 | |a Dvorak, John,|e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a Mask of the Sun :|b the science, history and forgotten lore of eclipses|h [electronic resource] /|c John Dvorak. |
250 | |a Unabridged. | ||
264 | 1 | |a [United States] :|b Tantor Media, Inc.,|c 2017. | |
264 | 2 | |b Made available through hoopla | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (1 audio file (9hr., 12 min.)) :|b digital. | ||
336 | |a spoken word|b spw|2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer|b c|2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource|b cr|2 rdacarrier | ||
344 | |a digital|h digital recording|2 rda | ||
347 | |a data file|2 rda | ||
506 | |a Instant title available through hoopla. | ||
511 | 1 | |a Read by Corey M. Snow. | |
520 | |a Eclipses have stunned, frightened, emboldened, and mesmerized people for thousands of years. They were recorded on ancient turtle shells discovered in the Wastes of Yin in China, on clay tablets from Mesopotamia and on the Mayan "Dresden Codex." They are mentioned in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey and at least eight times in the Bible. Columbus used them to trick people, while Renaissance painter Taddeo Gaddi was blinded by one. Sorcery was banished within the Catholic Church after astrologers used an eclipse to predict a pope's death. In Mask of the Sun, acclaimed writer John Dvorak explains the importance of the number 177 and why the ancient Romans thought it was bad to have sexual intercourse during an eclipse (whereas other cultures thought it would be good luck). Even today, pregnant women in Mexico wear safety pins on their underwear during an eclipse. Eclipses are an amazing phenomena-unique to Earth-that have provided the key to much of what we now know and understand about the sun, our moon, gravity, and the workings of the universe. Both entertaining and authoritative, Mask of the Sun reveals the humanism behind the science of both lunar and solar eclipses. With insightful detail and vividly accessible prose, Dvorak provides explanations as to how and why eclipses occur. | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Astronomy. | |
650 | 0 | |a Cosmology. | |
650 | 0 | |a History. | |
650 | 0 | |a Science. | |
650 | 0 | |a Space sciences. | |
700 | 1 | |a Snow, Corey M.,|e reader. | |
710 | 2 | |a hoopla digital. | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11987326?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435|z Instantly available on hoopla. |
856 | 4 | 2 | |z Cover image|u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ttm_9781541497962_180.jpeg |