David Baron
March 2, 2026
In July 1878, it had been predicted that the path of a total eclipse of the sun would pass over a section of the wild west of America. Scientific teams from several points east made the long trip to Colorado and Wyoming in the hopes of viewing this event and to learn more about the sun. Therein lies a wild tale told in DAVID BARON’s book AMERICAN ECLIPSE: A NATION’S EPIC RACE TO CATCH THE SHADOW OF THE MOON AND WIN THE GLORY OF THE WORLD. David Baron has served as science correspondent for NPR and chair in astrobiology at the Library of Congress.
