Aurorae

Author:   Bryony Lanigan
Publisher:   National Maritime Museum
Volume:   8
ISBN:  

9781906367961


Pages:   144
Publication Date:   04 August 2022
Format:   Paperback
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People have been inspired by the colourful shifting lights of the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis for thousands of years, with modern-day adventurers travelling to 'aurora hotspots' in the hope of getting a glimpse of them. Bryony Lanigan, Astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich, brings together many fields of research, from astronomy and solar physics to geology and atomic physics, as she explores the science behind these magical displays. Along the way, we take a whistle-stop tour through the electromagnetic spectrum, learn some elementary atomic physics, meet a mysterious phenomenon with a decidedly un-mysterious name and get to grips with the fundamental role of magnets (very, very large ones) in auroral activity. Lanigan doesn't just stay on Earth, though - she reveals that the spectacle has been observed elsewhere in our Solar System, too! Of course, nothing is simple and aurorae on other planets often confound the explanations we've worked so hard to come up with.

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Author:   Bryony Lanigan
Publisher:   National Maritime Museum
Imprint:   Royal Observatory Greenwich
Volume:   8
ISBN:  

9781906367961


ISBN 10:   1906367965
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   04 August 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Bryony Lanigan is a science communicator with a love for everything in the Universe, from the very big to the very small. An astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich, she's also currently undertaking her PhD in atomic interferometry at Imperial College London. She has worked variously as a physics tutor, gymnastics coach, course coordinator and even glitter artist at music festivals, but always found a way to weave in her passion for physics.

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