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Haerendel Gerhard |
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My life in space exploration / / Gerhard Haerendel |
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Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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9783031102868 |
9783031102851 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (237 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Astrophysicists |
Astrophysics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 My Way into Physics -- 2 The Mission -- 2.1 There Is Magic in Every Beginning -- 2.2 Breakthrough in the Sahara -- 2.3 The Pioneers -- 2.4 Chasing the Aurora Borealis -- 2.5 UFOs in the Morning Sky of the American East Coast -- 2.6 Up into the Magnetosphere -- 2.7 The Equatorial Ionosphere and President Nixon -- 2.8 The Lost Manuscript -- 2.9 Setting the Course -- 2.10 A Hit at Minus 54° -- 2.11 Porcupine Torn Apart in the Air -- 2.12 52 h of Travel for a 5 min Lecture -- 2.13 Drowning Our Sorrows in Planteur -- 2.14 EISCAT -- 2.15 Once Again at the Equator -- 2.16 Mission Accomplished: The Christmas Comet -- References -- 3 Various Ways Forward -- 3.1 Excursion into Infrared Astronomy -- 3.2 A Telescope for Crete -- 3.3 Teaching and Other Sidelines -- 3.4 The Turning Point -- 3.5 With Freja and EISCAT into the Aurora Borealis -- 3.6 COSPAR -- 3.7 Equator-S or the Limits of DIY -- 3.8 Fighting for the Future -- 3.9 The Founding Dean -- References -- 4 Years of Harvest -- References -- 5 Reflexion. |
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