In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet from the poles to the tropics. Around the world, telegraph systems crashed, machines burst into flames, and electric shocks rendered operators unconscious. Compasses and other sensitive instruments reeled as if struck by a massive magnetic fist. For the first time, people began to suspect that the Earth was not isolated from the rest of the un...
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Stuart Clark is a former editor of the United Kingdom’s best-selling astronomy magazine,
Astronomy Now. He currently writes for the European Space Agency and is a r...
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Lingua Inglese ● Formato PDF ● Pagine 224 ● ISBN 9780691207087 ● Dimensione 17.0 MB ● Casa editrice Princeton University Press ● Città Princeton ● Paese US ● Pubblicato 2019 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7267480 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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