Empire and the Sun Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions

"This wonderful book describes the interaction of scientists and the public in 19th century Britain by analyzing a series of expeditions sent all over the world to study total solar eclipses. Successfully bringing together a wide variety of topics in a new and interesting way, it will be of great interest to historians, philosophers of science, astronomers, and amateur astronomers."Jay M. Pasachoff, Williams College " . . . Empire and the Sunis a delightful book and is packed with lots of interesting astronomical information. I can thoroughly recommend it to those with an interest in nineteenth-century astronomical history, astronomical expeditions or solar eclipses."Journal of Astronomical History and HeritagePang, Alex Soojung Kim is the author of 'Empire and the Sun Victorian Solar Eclipse Expeditions' with ISBN 9780804739252 and ISBN 0804739250.