The northern lights
Biography, Science and technology, Science and medicine biography, Physics
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Account of the Norwegian physicist Kristian Olaf Birkeland (1867-1917), who unlocked the mystery of the aurora borealis. In an 1899 expedition to the Arctic Circle Birkeland studied the phenomenon and presented theoretical and empirical proofs of his magnetic-field hypothesis. War, politics, and his own eccentricity affected his professional standing. 2001
Title Details
ISBN
9780375409806
Publisher
Knopf
Copyright Date
2001
Book number
4753994
Audio details for CELA title
Narrator
Corrie James
Duration
9 hours 54 minutes 46 seconds
Audio producer
NLS