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The Optical Aurora
A. Omholt
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Description for The Optical Aurora
Paperback. Series: Physics and Chemistry in Space (Closed). Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
The aim of this book is to describe and discuss the aurora as an optical phenomenon, one which can be observed by the naked eye as well as with more sensitive optical detectors. It continues the tradition of study ing that impressive and imaginative play of nature, the northern lights, seen and discussed by the Greek philosphers as early as the sixth century B.c. Today the study of the optical aurora is only one of many ways of acquiring information about a major phenomenon: the ejection of plasma from the sun, the interaction of this plasma with the geomagnetic field ... Read more
The aim of this book is to describe and discuss the aurora as an optical phenomenon, one which can be observed by the naked eye as well as with more sensitive optical detectors. It continues the tradition of study ing that impressive and imaginative play of nature, the northern lights, seen and discussed by the Greek philosphers as early as the sixth century B.c. Today the study of the optical aurora is only one of many ways of acquiring information about a major phenomenon: the ejection of plasma from the sun, the interaction of this plasma with the geomagnetic field ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Series
Physics and Chemistry in Space (Closed)
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642462719
SKU
V9783642462719
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
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