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| fixed length control field | 00479nam a22001577a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 180328b2017 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780198795698 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 523.78 LIT-M |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Littmann, Mark |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Totality : |
| Remainder of title | the great American eclipses of 2017 and 2024 / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Mark Littmann and Fred Espenak |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2017 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 347 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 1495.00. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Totality: The Great American Eclipses is a complete guide to the most stunning of celestial sights, total eclipses of the Sun. It focuses on the eclipses of August 21, 2017 and April 8, 2024 that pass across the United States. The U.S. mainland has not experienced a total solar eclipse since 1979. This book provides information, photographs, and illustrations to help the public understand and safely enjoy all aspects of these eclipses including: <br/><br/>§ How to observe a total eclipse of the Sun <br/>§ How to photograph and video record an eclipse <br/>§ Why solar eclipses happen <br/>§ The earliest attempts to understand and predict eclipses <br/>§ The mythology and folklore of eclipses <br/>§ The response of animals to total solar eclipses <br/>§ The response of man to total eclipses through time <br/>§ How scientists used total eclipses to understand how the Sun works <br/>§ How astronomers used a total solar eclipse in 1919 to confirm Einstein's general theory of relativity <br/>§ Weather prospects for the 2017 eclipse <br/>§ Detailed maps of the path of totality for the 2017 eclipse and the eclipses of 2018 through 2024 <br/>§ Precise local times for the eclipses of 2017 and 2024 (the next total solar eclipse to visit the U.S.) <br/>§ Color and black-and-white photographs, diagrams, and charts to illustrate and explain total solar eclipses <br/>§ Global maps of total solar eclipses from 2017 to 2045 and lists of total and annual solar eclipses from 1970 through 2070 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Solar eclipses |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Espenak, Fred |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 520 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 28/03/2018 | 1495.00 | 523.78 LIT-M | 34603 | 13/07/2024 | 28/03/2018 | Books |