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Kristian Birkeland - The First Space Scientist (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): Alv Egeland, William J Burke

Kristian Birkeland - The First Space Scientist (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)

Alv Egeland, William J Burke

Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 325

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At the beginning of the 20th century, Kristian Birkeland (1867-1917), a Norwegian scientist of insatiable curiosity, addressed questions that had vexed European scientists for centuries. Why do the northern lights appear overhead when the earth's magnetic field is disturbed? How are magnetic storms connected to disturbances on the sun? To answer these questions Birkeland interpreted his advance laboratory simulations and daring campaigns in the Arctic wilderness in the light of Maxwell's newly discovered laws of electricity and magnetism. Birkeland's ideas were dismissed for decades, only to be vindicated when satellites could fly above the earth's atmosphere.

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Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin: United States
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 325
Release date: June 2005
First published: 2005
Authors: Alv Egeland • William J Burke
Dimensions: 232 x 156 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 228
Edition: 2005 ed.
ISBN-13: 978-1-4020-3293-6
Categories: Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > General
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LSN: 1-4020-3293-5
Barcode: 9781402032936

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