Kristian Birkeland

Author : Alv Egeland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402032943
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kristian Birkeland written by Alv Egeland and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2005-10-04 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography conveys the life and accomplishments of a Norwegian hero to the English speaking world, illustrating the beginnings of collaboration between science and industry. It shows how work in a small country laid the foundation for the green revolution.

Author : Lucy Jago
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780140290158
Total Pages : 308 pages
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Download or read book The Northern Lights written by Lucy Jago and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Just over one hundred years ago Kristian Birkeland looked into the night sky of his native Norway and saw in the beautiful Northern Lights a mystery waiting to be solved. Determined to prove to the world his bold theory about the heavens above, this misunderstood genius began a quest that would take him from Norway's ice mountains to the deserts of Africa, and across a continent ravaged by war. It was a quest that alienated friends and family, ruined his health and sanity, and ended in his mysterious death in a Japanese hotel in 1917. Lucy Jago brilliantly tells the fascinating and tragic story of Kristian Birkeland, the man who saw in the night sky a secret that no one else could see, but who died trying to convince the world of his vision.

Author : Manley Earl Carr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 852 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Preliminary Report on the Volusia Soils written by Manley Earl Carr and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 852 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Bureau of Soils
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 936 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin - United States. Bureau of Soils written by United States. Bureau of Soils and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 936 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : United States. Bureau of Soils
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1196 pages
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Download or read book Bulletin written by United States. Bureau of Soils and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alv Egeland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642314562
Total Pages : 196 pages
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Download or read book Carl Størmer written by Alv Egeland and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-10-20 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl Størmer (1874 - 1957). He was the first to develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and morphologies of diverse auroral forms during four solar cycles. Størmer 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. Størmer’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.

Author : Robert Temple
Publisher : Coronet
ISBN 13 : 1473623766
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A New Science of Heaven written by Robert Temple and published by Coronet. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book is an important contribution, and I hope it will open many minds. What is particularly important in it are the discussions of David Bohm, of bioplasma, biophotons, and bioelectronics.' - PROFESSOR ZBIGNIEW WOLKOWSKI, Sorbonne University, Paris "Answers so many questions, scientific and esoteric, about the true nature of our reality... A seminal work... Will revolutionise how we frame reality and the thinking of everyone on this planet. Kudos to Professor Temple for striking the first match to light the fire." - NEW DAWN The story of the science of plasma and its revolutionary implications for the way we understand the universe and our place in it. Histories of science in the 20th century have focused on relativity and quantum mechanics. But, quietly in the background, there has been a third area of exploration which has equally important implications for our understanding of the universe. It is unknown to the general public despite the fact that many Nobel prize winners, senior academics and major research centres around the world have been devoted to it - it is the study of plasma Plasma is the fourth state of matter and the other three - gas, liquid and solids - emerge out of plasma. This book will reveal how over 99% of the universe is made of plasma and how there are two gigantic clouds of plasma, called the Kordylewski Clouds, hovering between the Earth and the Moon, only recently discovered by astronomers in Hungary. Other revelations not previously known outside narrow academic disciplines include the evidence that in certain circumstances plasma exhibits features that suggest they may be in some sense alive: clouds of plasma have evolved double helixes, banks of cells and crystals, filaments and junctions which could control the flow of electric currents, thus generating an intelligence similar to machine intelligence. We may, in fact, have been looking for signs of extra-terrestrial life in the wrong place. Bestselling author Robert Temple has been following the study of plasma for decades and was personally acquainted with several of the senior scientists - including Nobel laureates - at its forefront, including Paul Dirac, David Bohm, Peter Mitchell and Chandra Wickramasinghe (who has co-written an academic paper with Temple).

Author : Leonard Sweet
Publisher : David C Cook
ISBN 13 : 9781434799791
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book So Beautiful written by Leonard Sweet and published by David C Cook. This book was released on 2009 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this seminal work, Sweet shares how three strands form the church: missional, relational, and incarnational. He calls for the re-union of these three essential, complementary components of Christian life.

Author : Gabrielle Walker
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 054753695X
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Ocean of Air written by Gabrielle Walker and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2008-08-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The science and history of what lies between us and space: “I never knew air could be so interesting.” —Bill Bryson, New York Times bestselling author of The Body: A Guide for Occupants A flamboyant Renaissance Italian discovers how heavy our air really is (the air filling Carnegie Hall, for example, weighs seventy thousand pounds). A one-eyed barnstorming pilot finds a set of winds that constantly blow five miles above our heads. An impoverished American farmer figures out why hurricanes move in a circle by carving equations with his pitchfork on a barn door. A well-meaning inventor nearly destroys the ozone layer (he also came up with the idea of putting lead in gasoline). A reclusive mathematical genius predicts, thirty years before he’s proven right, that the sky contains a layer of floating metal fed by the glowing tails of shooting stars. We don’t just live in the air; we live because of it. It’s the most miraculous substance on earth, responsible for our food, our weather, our water, and our ability to hear. In this exuberant book, science writer Gabrielle Walker peels back the layers of our atmosphere with the stories of the people who have uncovered its secrets. “A sense of wonder . . . animates Ms. Walker’s high-spirited narrative and speeds it along like a fresh-blowing westerly.” —The New York Times “A fabulous introduction to the world above our heads.” —Daily Mail on Sunday “A lively history of scientists’ and adventurers’ exploration of this important and complex contributor to life on Earth . . . readers will find this informative book to be a breath of fresh air.” —Publishers Weekly

Author : Lucy Jago
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 9780375708824
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Northern Lights written by Lucy Jago and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2002-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Science, biography, and arctic exploration coverage in this extraordinary true story of the life and work of Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, the troubled genius who solved the mysteries of one of nature’s most spectacular displays. Captivated by the otherworldly lights of the aurora borealis, Birkeland embarked on a lifelong quest to discover their cause. His pursuit took him to some of the most forbidding landscapes on earth, from the remote snowcapped mountains of Norway to the war-torn deserts of Africa. In the face of rebuke by the scientific establishment, sabotage by a jealous rival, and his own battles with depression and paranoia, Birkeland remained steadfast. Although ultimately vindicated, his theories were unheralded—and his hopes for the Nobel Prize scuttled—at the time of his suspicious death in 1917. The Northern Lights offers a brilliant account of the physics behind the aurora borealis and a rare look inside the mind of one of history's most visionary scientists.