Ep#15 - Mike Frost - Eclipse & Revelation

About this episode

In this episode, Mike Frost discusses his book on total solar eclipses and shares personal stories related to eclipses.

Welcome back from our post eclipse hiatus! In this episode we chat with British Astronomical Association's Mike Frost.... he shares book, Eclipse and Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses In Science, History, Literature, and the Arts. We chat about eclipses past and future total solar eclipses. He also shares stories that include such shenanigans as breaking into a cemetery with Jay Passachoff to see the grave of Sir Edmond Halley. Meet Mike Frost: https://britastro.org/section_infor...

People in this episode

Hosts: Leticia Ferrer, Chris Alexander

Guest: Mike Frost

Topics covered

• total solar eclipses
• science
• history
• literature
• arts
• personal stories

Keywords

• total solar eclipse
• Mike Frost
• British Astronomical Association
• Eclipse and Revelation
• Sir Edmond Halley
• Jay Passachoff
• history
• literature
• science

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Astronomical Association

Books & works: Eclipse and Revelation: Total Solar Eclipses In Science, History, Literature, and the Arts

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