What is the matter with all these people? This will be a unique moment of revelation of the physical world

For the last few months, I’ve been getting steadily more excited about next week’s eclipse. Like millions of others, I hope to witness the totality and I’m prepared to travel to do so. Currently my household is torn between camping on Dartmoor or taking a boat off the south coast of England. As the day gets nearer, I’ve been reading everything I can about it, the scientific background and accounts of previous eclipses.

Full article: http://www.theguardian.com/science/1999/aug/03/eclipse.comment