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b'They say that the experience of watching a total eclipse is so profound, you\\u2019re not the same afterward.\\xa0If life-changing events are your thing and you\\u2019re in the lower 48 states on August 21st, let us help you make the most of viewing the Great American Solar Eclipse.\\nLearn the basics of where to be and what to bring, even on short notice. No eclipse glasses?\\xa0Find out why a kitchen colander is an excellent Plan B.\\nAlso, the strange behavior of animals and private jet pilots during an eclipse.\\xa0The latter is making the FAA sweat.\\nPlus, how 1878 eclipse fever inspired Thomas Edison and astronomer Maria Mitchell, and what was at stake for them scientifically.\\xa0And today, with astronauts able to view the Sun from space, what new science can we still learn by eclipse expeditions on Earth?\\nAnd, NASA turns up the heat on solar studies with a probe to within a hair\\u2019s breadth of the Sun.\\xa0\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nDavid Baron\\xa0- Author of \\u201cAmerican Eclipse: A Nation\\u2019s Epic Race to Catch the Shadow of the Moon and Win the Glory of the World.\\u201d\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n\\nAndrew Fraknoi\\xa0-\\xa0Chair of the Astronomy Department, Foothill College.\\xa0His latest book, for children:\\xa0\\u201cWhen the Sun Goes Dark.\\u201d\\xa0\\n\\n\\nJay Pasachoff\\xa0- Professor of Astronomy, Williams College, chair of the International Astronomical Union Working Group on Solar Eclipses.\\xa0\\n\\n\\n Madhulika Guhathakurta\\xa0- Astrophysicist, NASA Heliophysics Science Division and Program Scientist for the Solar Probe Plus mission.\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'