Birkeland

Lately, the term Birkeland currents has been expanded by some authors to include magnetic field aligned currents in general space plasmas.

Supermassive Black Holes Spinning Backwards Create Death Ray Jets? | Universe Today 2010

Shares in Birkeland's cannon company slumped dramatically.

A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights 2010

I think I would have loved to be in Birkeland's companyfor short periods!

A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights 2010

I would be most interested to learn of extra-galactic astrophysics papers, from the last ten years, which use the terms Birkeland current, z-pinch, or Bennett relation as I said earlier, I could find none.

Supermassive Black Holes Spinning Backwards Create Death Ray Jets? | Universe Today 2010

Exhaustively researched and thrillingly told, the previously unknown story of Kristian Birkeland is an enthralling --- and enlightening --- saga.

The Northern Lights: Summary and book reviews of The Northern Lights by Lucy Jago. 2001

Although he spent winters in Arctic conditions to gather evidence to prove his theory, created complicated mathematical models to support his field work and even built a machine in which to recreate the lights in his laboratory, few scientists of his day believed Birkeland.

A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights 2010

It seems that Birkeland had fallen in love in Egypt with a Greek pianist called Hella, who also returned to

A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights 2010

When did you first learn about the Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, and what drew you to write a book about his life and discoveries?

A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights 2010

Never a man skilled at self-preservation, Birkeland began to drink too much whiskey, take large doses of Veronal (a highly addictive and damaging barbiturate prescribed for insomnia) and slide into a twilight of excessive work, paranoia and illnesswith no one to stop him.

A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights 2010

The Nobel Committee wanted to nominate Kristian Birkeland for the prize, in recognition of the furnace he invented rather than the auroral theory he devised.

A Conversation with Lucy Jago, author of The Northern Lights 2010