From omen to breakthrough: Exhibit explores eclipses
March 14, 2024
March 14, 2024
ITHACA, New York, March 14 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
As excitement builds for the solar eclipse on April 8, a Cornell University Library exhibit examines this astronomical phenomenon through the lens of history and the popular imagination - from being seen as an omen of doom to becoming a sought-after spectacle of celestial mechanics.
"Solar Eclipses: From Fear to Knowledge" opens March 22 and runs through July 19 in the Michael T. Sill . . .
As excitement builds for the solar eclipse on April 8, a Cornell University Library exhibit examines this astronomical phenomenon through the lens of history and the popular imagination - from being seen as an omen of doom to becoming a sought-after spectacle of celestial mechanics.
"Solar Eclipses: From Fear to Knowledge" opens March 22 and runs through July 19 in the Michael T. Sill . . .