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In this engaging and highly accessible book, Frank Wilczek shows how the vast edifice that is modern science was constructed with only a few ingredients and assumptions, but depended crucially on a way of thinking--about the nature of evidence and how it applied to the world around us. Anyone interested in the underlying basis of the complexity of today's science will enjoy this book. -- Venki Ramakrishnan, Winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and author of Gene Machine\u003cbr\u003eFrank Wilczek is not only one of the world's greatest physicists; he's also one of its greatest explainers. \u003ci\u003eFundamentals\u003c\/i\u003e is lucid, beautiful, and revelatory. -- Steven Strogatz, professor of mathematics, Cornell University, and author of Infinite Powers\u003cbr\u003eWhether or not you're accustomed to reading physics for pleasure, the Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek's \u003ci\u003eFundamentals\u003c\/i\u003e might be the perfect book for the winter of this plague year... 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Wilczek makes the remarkable move of picking up and evolving the classic scientists' faith that their investigations would reveal the mind of our maker, as well as Einstein's self-described 'cosmic spiritual sensibility.' What began as an exposition, as Wilzcek writes, 'grew into a contemplation.' The result is a profoundly enriched understanding, accessible to the religious and non-religious alike, of what it means to be human-and what we might be pointing at when we use the word \u003ci\u003eGod\u003c\/i\u003e. -- Krista Tippett, host of On Being and author of Becoming Wise\u003cbr\u003e[Wilczek] turns out to be a true visionary * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eFor those with more scientific yearnings, and who regret not taking a few courses in college to learn about the physical world, theoretical physicist Frank Wilczek offers a way to catch up . . . With his clear and joyful voice, Wilczek succeeds very well, and for good reason . . . There is no calculus required; this is not Physics 101. Instead, Wilczek talks about modern physics and cosmology from a more broad-brush and philosophical perspective, often linking their findings to the real world - how they affect us. 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Another winner from Wilczek, who invites us to be born again into a richer, deeper understanding of the world. * Kirkus,starred review *\u003cbr\u003eThis is a book about deep ideas, not passing fancies. It will teach you profound principles, not dry lists of facts. It's a rare treat indeed to get a glimpse into the mind of one of the world's leading physicists, presented in an engaging style that will be enjoyed by anyone at all. -- Sean Carroll, author of Something Deeply Hidden\u003cbr\u003eHow is the universe put together? Beneath the bewildering clamor of the world around us, there lies a hidden realm of subtle mathematical beauty, a bedrock of fundamental principles in which all of nature is grounded. Few living scientists have accomplished more than Frank Wilczek in helping unveil that deeper layer of existence. With poetry and fervor, Wilczek takes us on a breathtaking journey to the frontiers of physics, and reminds us of just how privileged we human beings are to glimpse the foundations of reality. -- Paul Davies, Regents' Professor at Arizona State University and author of The Demon in the Machine\u003cbr\u003eA delightful book . . . Frank Wilczek is that rare creature: a first-class scientist who is also an extremely talented communicator. . . Wilczek constantly finds fresh ways to present such ideas, so that you emerge with new insight into what they mean. . . . \u003ci\u003eFundamentals\u003c\/i\u003e is, then, not only an exceptional piece of science communication but also a deeply humanistic book * Physics World *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFundamentals\u003c\/i\u003e is an engaging account of the history of humankind's understanding of reality, told by one of the key contributors to recent parts of that story. 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A wait-and-see policy may mean waiting until it is too late, their report said. They were right -- but no one was listening. Four decades later, we are haunted by the consequences of this inattention, and the years of complacency, obfuscation and denialism that followed. Today, the staggering scale and scope of what we have done to the planet is impossible to ignore: the seasons of fire and flood have crossed into plain view.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFire and Flood \u003c\/i\u003eis a comprehensive, compulsively readable history of climate change from veteran environmental journalist Eugene Linden. Linden retells the story of the modern climate change era decade by decade, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFascinating ... This will be a telling story for a long time to come (assuming we're around to hear it)\u003c\/b\u003e -- Bill McKibben\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eUrgent, meticulous ... 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Navigational adviser and loyal friend to Sir Walter Ralegh, Harriot took part in the first expedition to colonize Virginia. Not only was he responsible for getting Ralegh''s ships safely to harbor in the New World, once there he became the first European to acquire a working knowledge of an indigenous language (he also began a lifelong love of tobacco, which may have been his undoing). Harriot''s abilities were seemingly unlimited and nearly awe-inspiring. He was the first to use a telescope to map the moon''s craters, and, independently of Galileo, discovered and recorded sunspots. He preceded Newton (whose fame eclipsed his) in his discovery of the properties of the prism. He was arguably the best mathematician of his age, and one of the finest experimental scientists of all time. Yet Harriot has traditionally remained a tantalizingly elusive character. He had no close family to pass down records, and \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile other historians less literate in science and mathematics might have written Harriot's biography in a different manner, she has provided to us a well-written guide to this mysterious scientist who measured everything during the six productive decades of his life. * Larry E. Tise, East Carolina University and Philadelphia, North Carolina Historical Review *\u003cbr\u003e\"As Robyn Arianrhod's important biography makes abundantly clear, Harriot truly deserves the title \"Renaissance Man\"Robyn Arianrhod's diligent research establishes Harriot's reputation as a harbinger of modernity, but perhaps history has left us a more specific clue as to the true nature of his legacy.\" Times Literary Suppliment\u003cbr\u003e\"In a largely harmonious meld of biography and science writing, Arianrhod furthers the drive to resurrect the reputation of English mathematician Thomas Harriot (1560-1621).The author, a research fellow at Monash University in Melbourne, writes with the authority of a distinguished professor, placing Harriot's achievements in the context of his era and of the evolution of science... A significant achievement that builds on previous works and takes the next step in establishing Harriot's genius.\" --Kirkus, *Starred* Review\u003cbr\u003e[A] readable and important book which can only be recommended to introduce Thomas Harriot to a wider audience. * Thomas Sonar, Braunschweig, zbMATH *\u003cbr\u003eI learned much from the many enjoyable hours I spent reading this captivating book. In embarking on this wellcrafted literary work you will soon develop a confident sense that either Harriot is with you in the room, or you are with him on the high seas on Sir Walter Raleigh's Tiger. The elegant writing gracefully guides us past mathematical and scientific hurdles in a joyful time-traveling page-turner that never slows down. When you get to the last page and look back, you will feel that you know the man, a fellow so energetic and so guided by formidable curiosity that you wonder how such a person could possibly have disappeared from history. You will remember this book as a time journey in reverse with the wind in your sails all the way through. * Joseph Mazur, The Mathematical Intelligencer *\u003cbr\u003eRobyn Arianrhod's biography of Thomas Harriot (1560{1621) is well researched and well written, and it will be read with pleasure by scholar and layperson alike. * William R. Shea, Mathematical Reviews Clippings  *\u003cbr\u003ethis is a marvelous book because of the engaging way it is told, very much unlike a dull biography with an enumeration of facts. Moreover it is also well documented by additional material to be found in the last 100 pages of the book ... On this canvas Arianrhod paints the bubbling emergence of the Scientific Revolution to which Harriot was a silent contributor. * Adhemar Bultheel, European Mathematical Society *\u003cbr\u003e\"Arianrhod's seamless blend of storytelling and science puts Harriot into full historical context. Though he inhabited a world of court intrigues, plague, and political upheaval, Harriot's unflagging intellectual curiosity set him apart then, and makes him more than worthy of respect now, as this fascinating biography amply proves.\" --Publishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\"At long last a first-rate biography of Thomas Harriot. Though unknown to many, Harriot's scientific work casts a long shadow, and for 'Harrioteers,' as his fans are known, Robyn Arianrhod's beautifully written and deeply researched book is the one we've been waiting for. A triumph and a must read!\" --Jimmy Soni, author of Mind at Play\u003cbr\u003e\"Explorer, navigator, astronomer, linguist, mathematician, and natural scientist, Thomas Harriot was all of these and more. His accomplishments rivaled Galileo and Kepler, but his reluctance to publish doomed him to relative obscurity. With beautiful prose, astute historical understanding, and impeccable mastery of a near-inexhaustible array of fields, Robyn Arianrhod resurrects the life and works of this enigmatic Renaissance man. The world of an Elizabethan sage who was an intimate of the greatest soliders, scholars, and poets of the age springs to life in Arianrhod's pulsating narrative.\" --Amir Alexander, UCLA, author of Infinitesimal\u003cbr\u003e\"Robyn Arianrhod restores Harriot to his rightful place alongside Galileo and Kepler in the pantheon of pioneering early modern scientists and shows how, as one friend put it, he was 'robbed of glory.' Thomas Harriot: A Life in Science is a wonderful combination of biography, history, and popular science that pulses with the spirit of its time.\" --Jessie Childs, author of God's Traitors\u003cbr\u003eThe story of Thomas Harriot's life and works, was it not so well documented by such a respected scholar as Dr. Arianrhod, could easily be thought a work of pure fiction - and extravagant, scarcely believable fiction at that. Yet it is all true. That Dr. Arianrhod has devoted the time and effort in bringing him back to us through this absolutely captivating biography is something for which we should all be deeply grateful, and in similar gratitude, we owe it to the memory, indeed, the unrelentingly curious and inquiring spirit, of Thomas Harriot himself, to read it. * The Well-Read Naturalist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue Chapter 1:  Harriot's London Chapter 2: Sea Fever Chapter 3: The Science of Sea and Sky Chapter 4:  Practical Navigation (and Why the Winds Blow) Chapter 5:  America at Last Chapter 6:  Preparing for \"Virginia\" Chapter 7: Roanoke Island Chapter 8: After Roanoke Chapter 9: War, and a New Calendar Chapter 10: New Chances Chapter 11: Setback Chapter 12: Royal Refraction Chapter 13:  Spirals and Turmoil Chapter 14:  Changing of the Guard Chapter 15:  Algebra, Rainbows, and Tragedy Chapter 16: Solving the Rainbows Chapter 17:  Conversations with Kepler Chapter 18: Atomic Speculations Chapter 19: Searching the Skies Chapter 20:  Gravity Chapter 21:  Mathematics, Jamestown, Guiana Chapter 22: The End of an Era Chapter 23: All Things Must Pass Epilogue: Resurrecting Harriot","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732535685463,"sku":"9780190271855","price":25.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190271855.jpg?v=1719997324"},{"product_id":"the-periodic-table-its-story-and-its-significance-9780190914363","title":"The Periodic Table Its Story and Its Significance","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe periodic table of elements is among the most recognizable image in science. It lies at the core of chemistry and embodies the most fundamental principles of science. In this new edition, Eric Scerri offers readers a complete and updated history and philosophy of the periodic table. Written in a lively style to appeal to experts and interested lay-persons alike, The Periodic Table: Its Story and Its Significance begins with an overview of the importance of the periodic table and the manner in which the term element has been interpreted by chemists and philosophers across time. The book traces the evolution and development of the periodic table from its early beginnings with the work of the precursors like De Chancourtois, Newlands and Meyer to Mendeleev''s 1869 first published table and beyond. Several chapters are devoted to developments in 20th century physics, especially quantum mechanics and and the extent to which they explain the periodic table in a more fundamental way. 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Generally, those textbooks present the last triumphant version, not the unsuccessful episodes' history and context. Only a few experts know the \"dark side\" of the story, so this book fills in many useful parts of that bigger picture. This book will appeal to scholars and science readers alike, especially those interested in history of science, chemistry, physics, and philosophy. * Maria Elvira Callapez, ChemTexts *\u003cbr\u003eScerri's book is one that I trust will find its way on to the shelves of all libraries, be they real or virtual, and no doubt it will be consulted by generations to come, as it well it deserves to be. * John Emsley, Foundations of Chemistry *\u003cbr\u003eThe periodic table continues to generate new thoughts as the list of elements grows, its foundations are refined, and new portrayals are developed. 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It remains as clear, balanced and thoughtful as ever, and is the best guide to this iconic formulation of nature's atomic building blocks. * Philip Ball, author of Elements: A Very Short Introduction *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  Chapter 1: The Periodic System Chapter 2: Quantitative Relationships among the Elements and the Origins of the Periodic Table Chapter 3: Discoverers of the Periodic System Chapter 4: Mendeleev Chapter 5: Prediction and Accommodation: The Acceptance of Mendeleev's Periodic System Chapter 6: The Nucleus and the Periodic Table: Radioactivity, Atomic Number, and Isotopy Chapter 7:  The Electron and Chemical Periodicity Chapter 8: Electronic Explanations of the Periodic System Developed by Chemists Chapter 9: Quantum Mechanics and the Periodic Table Chapter 10: Astrophysics, Nucleosynthesis Chapter 11: The Missing Seven Elements Chapter 12: Synthetic Elements Chapter 13: Alternative Forms of the periodic table Chapter 14: More Chemistry  Appendix Index Bibliography","brand":"Oxford University Press Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732548694359,"sku":"9780190914363","price":33.24,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780190914363.jpg?v=1719997376"},{"product_id":"evolution-9780190922887","title":"Evolution","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDunbar takes readers through the theory of evolution and provides readers with answers to popular questions surrounding Darwin's original theory and how it has impacted science today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an enjoyable, well-written book packed with interesting facts and theories about evolutionary processes and history. * Richard A. 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His published works, including the Principia Mathematica and Opticks, reached across the scientific spectrum, revealing the degree of his interdisciplinary genius. His renown opened doors throughout his career, securing him prestigious positions at Cambridge, the Royal Mint, and the Royal Society. Yet alongside his public success, Sir Isaac Newton harbored private religious convictions that set him at odds with established law and Anglican doctrine, and, if revealed, threatened not just his livelihood but his life. Religion and faith dominated much of Newton''s thought and his manuscripts, in various states of completion and numbering in the thousands of pages, are filled with biblical speculation and timelines, along with passages that excoriated the early Church Fathers. They make clear that his theological positions rendered him a heretic. Newton believed that the central concept of the Trinity was a diabolical fraud and loathed th\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the great strengths of this book is the degree to which Iliffe places Newton's religious research in the context of the debates of his own day. * Harvey Hill, Anglican and Episcopal History *\u003cbr\u003eRob Iliffe's Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton is a work of excellent historical scholarship. * Paul R. Gilliam III, Church History *\u003cbr\u003eWho was Isaac Newton? Rob Iliffe has responded to this problem by providing such a thoroughly researched and carefully constructed account of Newton's life and work that certain propositions can hardly be doubted. * Adam D. Righter, Journal of Ecclesiastical History  *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is a fascinating read for anyone interested in learning more about Sir Isaac Newton, or about how someone with a scientific mind might approach religion....Essential. * C. Charnaswskas-Jasionowicz, CHOICE *\u003cbr\u003e[W]hile other biographies acknowledge that Newton possessed a sincere, though heterodox, faith, Mr. Iliffe serves up the most complicated picture to date of the faith itself. He completely recasts the relationship of Newton's scientific inquiry to his religious beliefs, tying the two together to an unparalleled degree....Mr. Iliffe presents a syncretism in Newton's thinking that eludes simple classification....Mr. Iliffe also attends carefully to neglected periods of Newton's life, including the teen years he spent laboring in an apothecary's workshop and his stints as a Member of Parliament. Attention to such detail, woven deftly into a finely constructed and well-written narrative, makes Mr. Iliffe's 'Priest of Nature' a robust portrait with broad appeal. Both the academic and lay reader will appreciate how, in shattering the simplistic Enlightenment account of Newton, the book reveals the flexibility of the great man's capacious mind. * David Davis, Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eIliffe's book is not only an accurate and detailed reconstruction of Newton's religious thought, but it is also an important study of the great themes of freedom of conscience and religious tolerance, as well as the key political question of the relationship between church and state, which are at the roots of European culture in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It is destined to become an indispensable reference for every serious Newton scholar, as well as for anyone dealing with religion and natural philosophy in the early modern period. * Franco Giudice, Metascience *\u003cbr\u003eIliffe's outstanding contribution to our knowledge of Newton will be of considerable relevance not only to historians of science and religion, but also to anyone interested in the important topics that were debated in the late seventeenth-century Europe. * William R. Shea, Fides et Historia  *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is an enormous contribution to the Newton literature and the history of science in general. It examines huge numbers of sources that were, until now, essentially unknown and provides an unparalleled contextualization of the man and his work. * Science *\u003cbr\u003eThe author thoroughly examines Newton's religious papers, which were unpublished during the inventor's lifetime, including writings on natural theology, religious doctrine, prophesy, and heresy...Iliffe's challenging and scholarly work addresses an important and long overlooked aspect of Newton. * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003eIliffe's fascinating study provides an absorbing glimpse into Newton's work and early modern culture. * Publishers Weekly *\u003cbr\u003eFor too long, historians have evaluated Isaac Newton's theological writings wholly in relation to his mathematical and natural philosophical work * first, as an embarrassing obsession, best passed over in silence; then, as a sideshow, taken up when his intellectual powers were fading; more recently, as an influence on properly scientific pursuits. Rob Iliffe knows the range of Newton's unpublished and published writings better than any other living scholar, and he gives us here a stunningly well-read, original, and provocative account of a thinker who struggled with theological matters throughout his life and whose reflections on right religion and on the sources of right knowledge emerged from the heart of his self-understanding. Priest of Nature is well titled: it radically redraws the picture of Newton we have long been offered.Steven Shapin, Franklin L. Ford Research Professor of the History of Science, Harvard University *\u003cbr\u003eNewton wrote importantly about physics, optics, and mathematics and wrote copiously about alchemy, but he saved his most intense thoughts and passionate investigation for perfecting his theology. In Priest of Nature Rob Iliffe restores Newton to an age of political upheaval and religious anxiety, portraying him as a godly man endlessly in search of truth, prophecy, and history. Newton's lifelong struggle to combat the perceived corruption of Christianity with the tools of faith and reason comes to life in this thought-provoking and deeply researched history. A must read for any serious scholar of Newton. * Paula Findlen, Stanford University *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: A Rational Christian  1. A Divine Web 2. A Spiritual Ant 3. IInfinity and the Imagination 4. From Liberty to Heresy 5. Abominable Men 6. Prisca Newtoniana 7. Methodising the Apocalypse 8. Divine Persecution 9. The End of the World 10. Private Prosecutions 11. Critical Friends 12. 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ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBall is one of the most prolific and imaginative of contemporary science writers. He has plenty of attitude, boasts a fine knowledge of visual art and a literary sensibility, and his science is encyclopaedic. * Chemistry in Britain *\u003cbr\u003eA delight of a book.... Elegantly written...it's far-reaching, entertaining and salted with anecdote.... It could become a classic. 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Henrike Lange and Tom McLeish have done something extraordinary: From one momentary cosmic event they virtuously generated lasting inspiration to chase knowledge and wisdom... Even the most experienced eclipse chasers will feel enriched and further enlightened by an eclipse after delving into this book... A true tome on the total solar eclipse. * Mike Kentrianakis, American Astronomical Society 2017 Total Solar Eclipse Project Manager, Amateur Astronomers Association of New York, IAU's Working Group on Solar Eclipses *\u003cbr\u003eI enjoyed the book... I emerged with my over 30 eclipse experiences freshly anchored in mysticism, history, and legend while clothed in new garments of art, music and literature. For both the scientist and the artist, Eclipse and Revelation gives view of the \"other side\"... The work becomes a tapestry that stitches history, passion, nature, weather, art, and music with a thread of mysticism and wonder. This ambitious volume welds so many dissimilar views of a shared experience: One chapter explains the physics behind the glow of the corona; another, Dante's eclipse muse. Ancient and medieval history... blend with the magnificence of art and poetry; animal and atmosphere respond in muted sympathy, all bound by the glory of the total eclipse. * Jay Anderson, Canadian meteorologist and eclipse chaser *\u003cbr\u003eA total solar eclipse is a spectacle without equal. Henrike Christiane Lange and Tom McLeish study the human and cultural impact of totality. Every human culture has a mythology about solar eclipses. These stories should be told and this book is an excellent survey of many cultures across the continents and throughout the centuries. I especially enjoyed the excerpts from Tom McLeish's travel diary from August 2017 which capture the thrill of the chase and the allure of the corona in the co-authored Introduction. Chapter 2 by my late friend Jay Pasachoff on the solar corona is a masterclass in science communication. I highly recommend Eclipse \u0026amp; Revelation to anyone interested in solar eclipses and their many interactions with humanity. * Michael Zeiler, Cartographer and Eclipse Chaser *\u003cbr\u003eGenius! Truly marvelous and relevant work, beautifully illustrated and delivered: an utterly brilliant new take on interdisciplinary collaborations between the arts, humanities, and sciences exploring a gripping natural phenomenon across human history. Unlike any other, this book includes fascinating perspectives and early science from ancient Asia, Assyria, Babylonia, India, China, Greece and Rome, the scientific revolution to the present... - all topped off with the latest meteorological methods and a conclusion that creates a poetic awareness of the entire cosmos... Lange and McLeish deliver a passionate defence of the liberal arts and a delightful account of the perpetual curiosity, excitement, joy, and enduring love of wisdom at the core of the scientific and scholarly life. * Andrew Stewart, Professor emeritus, History of Art and Classics at the University of California, Berkeley *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHenrike Christiane Lange (University of California, Berkeley) \u0026amp; Tom McLeish (University of York): Preface - \"Cosmos\" is for Harmony Henrike Christiane Lange (University of California, Berkeley) \u0026amp; Tom McLeish (University of York): Introduction - Chasing the Total Solar Eclipse: On the Road and in the Archive PART I - COSMOS 1: Tom McLeish (University of York) and Mike Frost (British Astronomical Association): The Cosmic Clockwork: The How and When of Total Solar Eclipses 2: Jay Pasachoff (Williams College): The Unveiling of the Corona 3: Philipp Nothaft (All Souls College Oxford): Pre-Modern Astronomies of Eclipses in the Near-East and Europe 4: Mike Frost (British Astronomical Association): From Science to Story: Testimony of an Eclipse Chaser PART II - HISTORY AND RELIGION 5: John Steele (Brown University): Solar Eclipses Across Early Asia 6: Giles Gasper (Durham University): 'The Face of the World Was Wretched, Horrifying, Black, Remarkable: Solar Eclipses in the Middle Ages 7: Anna Marie Roos (University of Lincoln): Annus Tenebrosus: Black Monday, Faith, and Political Fervour in Early Modern England 8: David Bentley Hart (NDIAS): Signs and Portents: Reflections on the History of Solar Eclipses PART III - ARTS AND LITERATURE 9: Alison Cornish (New York University): Dante's Total Eclipses 10: Roberta J.M. 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