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The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis

The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis

Jago, Lucy

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ISBN10: 0375708820
ISBN13: 9780375708824
Publisher: Vintage
Published: Oct 29 2002
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.30 Depth: 8.00
Language: English

Science, biography, and arctic exploration coverage in this extraordinary true story of the life and work of Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, the troubled genius who solved the mysteries of one of nature's most spectacular displays.
Captivated by the otherworldly lights of the aurora borealis, Birkeland embarked on a lifelong quest to discover their cause. His pursuit took him to some of the most forbidding landscapes on earth, from the remote snowcapped mountains of Norway to the war-torn deserts of Africa. In the face of rebuke by the scientific establishment, sabotage by a jealous rival, and his own battles with depression and paranoia, Birkeland remained steadfast. Although ultimately vindicated, his theories were unheralded--and his hopes for the Nobel Prize scuttled--at the time of his suspicious death in 1917.

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