The northern lights
By: Lucy Jago.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Knopf
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 297
Subjects: Birkeland, Kr. -- 1867-1917; Auroras; Geophysicists -- Norway -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: Aurora borealis: Odin's messengers; title: Land of the Lapps; title: The castle; title: A warning; title: "Riddle solved!"; title: The cannon; title: Mad dogs; title: The terrella: Explosion!; title: The furnace; title: Ida; title: Looking back from space; title: The divine option; title: Vast, infinite space; title: Zodiacal light: The dusty disc; title: War; title: Letters from home; title: Brittle remains; title: Epilogue.