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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Syun Ichi AkasofuPublisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers Volume: 278 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.630kg ISBN: 9781402006852ISBN 10: 1402006853 Pages: 273 Publication Date: 31 August 2002 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Out of stock  Table of ContentsSource of Figures. Preface. Prologue. 1. Search For The Unknown Quantity In The Solar Wind. 2. Confronting Paradigms: Aurora Research During The Early Space Age. 3. Realizing The Dream Of Our Pioneers: Polar Magnetic Substorms And The Associated Current System. 4. Is The Earth's Dipole Really Off-Centered And Inclined? Planetary Magnetic Fields. 5. Myth Of The Emerging Flux Tubes: Sunspots And Solar Flares. 6. Synthesis Of The Four Major Disciplines: Predicting Geomagnetic Storms As A Space Weather Project. 7. Beyond The Inner Heliosphere: The Magnetic Field Structure Of The Outer Heliosphere: A Three-Dimensional Model. Epilogue. Further Readings: Mostly Historical. Name Index. Index.ReviewsBesides space physicists, the book will be interesting to historians and sociologists of science. Historians, because it is a history of an important era of space physics seen from the inside. Sociologists, because Akasofu has strong opinions about the interactions among scientists. Finally, this is a collector's book. It has a handsome binding with a nice picture of an aurora on the cover. It is unique in its mix of science, history, philosophy and exhortation. It is the kind of book that will still beguile a tug off the library shelf 100 years from now. <br>(EOS, 84: 41 (October 2003) Besides space physicists, the book will be interesting to historians and sociologists of science. Historians, because it is a history of an important era of space physics seen from the inside. Sociologists, because Akasofu has strong opinions about the interactions among scientists. Finally, this is a collector's book. It has a handsome binding with a nice picture of an aurora on the cover. It is unique in its mix of science, history, philosophy and exhortation. It is the kind of book that will still beguile a tug off the library shelf 100 years from now. (EOS, 84: 41 (October 2003) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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