Author: Sophus TromholtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Under the Rays of the Aurora Borealis
Author: Sophus TromholtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Arctic regions
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
The Northern Lights
Author: Lucy JagoPublisher:
ISBN: 9780140290158
Category : Auroras
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
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.
Majestic Lights, the Aurora in Science, History, and the Arts
Author: Robert H. EatherPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Authoritative account written for the general reader.
The genuine works of Flavius Josephus: Containing four books of the Jewish war
Author: Flavius JosephusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Jews
Languages : en
Pages : 398
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Observers of the Aurora Borealis in Europe
Author: Eric ChassefierePublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1786307928
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
The spectacular reappearance of the aurora borealis at the beginning of the 18th century, often observed simultaneously from different observatories in Europe, mobilized and federated a large community of astronomers on a European scale. It encouraged them to communicate the results of their observations and, in compiling exhaustive catalogs of information, has helped to establish a system of the aurora borealis that can be further studied in the future, according to the experimental method inherited from the previous century. This book is dedicated to some of the main aurora observers in Europe and to the human, institutional and philosophical context in which they evolved in the first half of the 18th century. Its reading should be seen as a retrospective journey through the scholarly world of the Enlightenment, during which the same scholars are frequently encountered and reencountered, yet each time in different contexts, or from different angles, with the aim of compiling an account of the swarming of ideas and encounters that constituted the development of experimental science in this pivotal period.
Elementary treatise on Physics, experimental and applied. ... Translated and edited from the ninth French edition, ... by E. Atkinson
Author: Adolphe GANOTRays from the Rose Cross
Author: Northern Lights: The definitive guide to auroras
Author: Tom KerssPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0008465568
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Discover the incomparable beauty of the Northern Lights with this accessible guide for aspiring astronomers and seasoned night sky observers. Covers the essential equipment needed for observation and photography and full of stunning photographs.
United Editors Encyclopedia and Dictionary
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Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 736
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