Title Carl St??rmer : Auroral Pioneer Author(s) Egeland, Alv;Burke, William J Publication Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. Description VIII, 195 p. 131 illus., 105 illus. in color : online resource Abstract Note This biography summarizes the seminal contributions to auroral and space science of Carl St??rmer (1874 - 1957). He was the first to develop precise photographic methods to calculate heights and morphologies of diverse auroral forms during four solar cycles. St??rmer 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. St??rmer???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 ISBN,Price 9783642314575 Keyword(s) 1. ASTRONOMY 2. ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES 3. EBOOK 4. EBOOK - SPRINGER 5. History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics 6. PHYSICS 7. Popular Science in Astronomy 8. SPACE SCIENCES 9. Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) Item Type eBook Multi-Media Links Please Click here for eBook Circulation Data Accession#   Call# Status Issued To Return Due On Physical Location I07246     On Shelf