Buch, Englisch, Band 325, 228 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 570 g
The First Space Scientist
Buch, Englisch, Band 325, 228 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 570 g
Reihe: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
ISBN: 978-1-4020-3293-6
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Faced with depleting stocks of Chilean saltpeter and the consequent prospect of mass starvation, Birkeland showed his practical side, inventing the first industrial scale method to extract nitrogen-based fertilizers from the air. Norsk Hydro, one of modern Norway’s largest industries, stands as a living tribute to his genius.
Hoping to demonstrate what we now call the solar wind, Birkeland moved to Egypt in 1913. Isolated from his friends by the Great War, he yearned to celebrate his 50th birthday in Norway. The only safe passage home, via the Far East, brought him to Tokyo, where he passed away in the late spring of 1917.
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Background and Education.- At the 19th Century's End.- A New Abel.- Introduction: Tempora Mutant Et Nos Cum Illis Mutamur.- Geomagnetic and Solar System Research.- Aurora in a Vacuum Chamber.- The Norwegian Auroral Expeditions.- The Universe in a Vacuum Chamber.- Technology and Applied Physics.- Fast Switches and Electromagnetic Cannons.- In as Little as Four Years.- Birkeland the Man.- As Seen in his Own Time.- Consummatus in Brevi, Explevit Tempora Multa.- Birkeland's Heritage.- From Small Acorns.- In Memoriam.