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Carl Stormer - Auroral Pioneer (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013)
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Carl Stormer - Auroral Pioneer (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 393
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Total price: R4,793
Discovery Miles: 47 930
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This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and
space science of Carl Stormer (1874 - 1957). He was the first to
develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and
morphologies of diverse auroral forms during four solar cycles.
Stormer independently devised numerical techniques to determine the
trajectories of high-energy charged particles allowed and forbidden
in the Earth's magnetic field. His theoretical analyses explained
cosmic ray access to the upper atmosphere, 20 years before they
were identified by other scientists. Stormer's crowning
achievement, "The Polar Aurora," published when he was 81 years
old, stands to this day as a regularly cited guide in
graduate-level courses on space physics. The authors present the
life of this prodigious scientist in relation to the cultural life
of early 20th century in Norway and to the development of the space
sciences in the post-Sputnik era.
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