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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Table of Contents
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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Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Notes
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