CONTENTS
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Map of A World of Eclipses: The Paths of Totality
PROLOGUE
CHAPTER 1
A PATH MADE OF MAGIC
The First Expeditions
CHAPTER 2
EINSTEIN’S VISIONARY YEARS
Thought Experiments and a Streetcar Ride
CHAPTER 3
THE TWO ECLIPSES OF 1912
The First Attempt: Is Einstein Right?
CHAPTER 4
EINSTEIN’S ENTREATY
Astronomers to the Challenge
CHAPTER 5
THE 1914 ECLIPSE
The Second Attempt: A Path of Fire
CHAPTER 6
A MAGIC CARPET MADE OF SPACE-TIME
The British Take Interest: Science Goes to War
CHAPTER 7
UNRIDDLING THE UNIVERSE
The British Get Ready: The Americans Persevere
CHAPTER 8
THE RMS ANSELM SETS SAIL
A Cocoa Plantation and a Horse Jockey Club
CHAPTER 9
PRÍNCIPE AND SOBRAL
In Colonialism’s Shadow: The Teams Prepare
CHAPTER 10
“THROUGH CLOUD, HOPEFUL”
May 29, 1919: Does Light Have Weight?
CHAPTER 11
GREEK DRAMA
Searching the Stars: An Answer in the Hyades
CHAPTER 12
THE SEARCH FOR ACCURACY
A New Universe: The Press Juggernaut
EPILOGUE
MEN MADE ON DREAMS
Photos
Acknowledgments
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About the Authors
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Notes