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100 1 $aEgeland, Alv.
245 10 $aCarl Størmer :$bAuroral Pioneer /$cby Alv Egeland, William J. Burke.
260 $aBerlin, Heidelberg :$bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$bImprint: Springer,$c2013.
300 $aVIII, 195 p. 131 illus., 105 illus. in color.$bdigital.
490 0 $aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,$x0067-0057 ;$v393
505 0 $a<p>Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Carl Størmer’s Origins -- 3 Størmer’s Auroral Studies -- 4 Mother-of-Pearl-, Noctilucent Clouds, Comets and Metors -- 5 Botanical Interests -- 6 Mathematical Analyses -- 7 Cooperation and conflict with Kristian Birkeland -- 8 Størmer the Man -- 9 The Størmer Family -- 10 Størmer’s Accomplishments: In Retrospect -- 11 Carl Størmer’s publications, biographies, and other sources. Appendix 1 Størmer’s Trajectory Analyses -- Appendix 2 Auroral Height and Position Orientations -- Bibliography -- Index of names.</p>.
520 $a<p>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. <br> <br>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.</p>
650 20 $aAtmospheric physics.
650 10 $aPhysics.
650 0 $aPhysics.
650 0 $aAstrophysics.
650 0 $aAstronomy.
650 24 $aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
650 24 $aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650 24 $aPopular Science in Astronomy.
700 1 $aBurke, William J.
776 08 $iPrinted edition:$z9783642314568
830 0 $aAstrophysics and space science library ;$v393.
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