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When Exactly Will the Eclipse Happen? A Multimillennium Tale of Computation

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

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Unveiling the Mystique of Solar Eclipses

Exploring the historical and computational methods of predicting solar eclipses, comparing ancient technology like the antikythera device to modern computational techniques. The chapter dives into the rarity of total solar eclipses on Earth due to the moon's orbit inclination, detailing the alignment needed for eclipses to occur and the unique characteristics of the moon's orbit.

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