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100 1 _aEgeland, Alv.
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCarl Størmer
_h[electronic resource] :
_bAuroral Pioneer /
_cby Alv Egeland, William J. Burke.
264 1 _aBerlin, Heidelberg :
_bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :
_bImprint: Springer,
_c2013.
300 _aVIII, 195 p. 131 illus., 105 illus. in color.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
347 _atext file
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490 1 _aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,
_x0067-0057 ;
_v393
505 0 _aPreface -- 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.
520 _aThis 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.
650 0 _aPhysics.
650 0 _aAstrophysics.
650 0 _aAstronomy.
650 1 4 _aPhysics.
650 2 4 _aExtraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
650 2 4 _aAtmospheric Sciences.
650 2 4 _aHistory and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Astronomy.
700 1 _aBurke, William J.
_eauthor.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783642314568
830 0 _aAstrophysics and Space Science Library,
_x0067-0057 ;
_v393
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31457-5
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