A review by cody240fc
American Eclipse: A Nation's Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World by David Baron

4.0

Very nice. Baron uses the total eclipse of 1878 to frame the scientific progress that was just beginning to take off in America. He also includes some interesting tangents about the history of astronomy, tales about outlaws of the West, and the battle for women involvement in the scientific community. Through portraits of some of the leading scientific minds of the day, including Watson and Edison. I also appreciate the extensive notes and sources listed at the end of the book. Very well researched and entertaining read. Excellent.

Side note: I started this off with the audio book. Do not recommend this format. I'm glad I switched to hard copy because the images in the book are helpful and the reader's voice on the audio book version is not pleasant to listen to.