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The Northern Lights

Lucy Jago

Paperback | Pages: 320 pages

Rating: 3.81 | 397 Users | 73 Reviews

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Original Title:	The Northern Lights: The True Story of the Man Who Unlocked the Secrets of the Aurora Borealis
ISBN:	0375708820 (ISBN13: 9780375708824)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Kristian Birkeland

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  Science, biography, and arctic exploration coverage in this extraordinary true story of the life and work of Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland, the troubled genius who solved the mysteries of one of nature’s most spectacular displays.  
   Captivated by the otherworldly lights of the aurora borealis, Birkeland embarked on a lifelong quest to discover their cause.  His pursuit took him to some of the most forbidding landscapes on earth, from the remote snowcapped mountains of Norway to the war-torn deserts of Africa.  In the face of rebuke by the scientific establishment, sabotage by a jealous rival, and his own battles with depression and paranoia, Birkeland remained steadfast.  Although ultimately vindicated, his theories were unheralded—and his hopes for the Nobel Prize scuttled—at the time of his suspicious death in 1917.
   The Northern Lights offers a brilliant account of the physics behind the aurora borealis and a rare look inside the mind of one of history's most visionary scientists.

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Title	:	The Northern Lights
Author	:	Lucy Jago
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 320 pages
Published	:	October 29th 2002 by Vintage (first published January 1st 2001)
Categories	:	Science. Nonfiction. History. Biography. Biography Memoir

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Ratings: 3.81 From 397 Users | 73 Reviews

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I thoroughly enjoyed this book! Fascinating details about Kr. Birkeland's life and the lengths that he went to to research and prove his theories.

A fascinating look into a man obsessed with finding the truth about the northern lights and willing to do anything to get there. A story of a country struggling for freedom.Not enough science, in my opinion, but it advertise itself as the "story of the man," so I can't really complain.

For some reason I feel guilty not giving this book a 5, when I can't imagine re-creating the life of this scientist in a more compelling manner. But 4 is a "really liked it," and that's how I feel.

Good book. Its wonderful to have a better grasp on one of my fav things, the northern lights.

I enjoy reading narrative non-fiction. I actually read Northern Lights very quickly. I hope to write some longer narrative non-fiction, as opposed to radio talks. To me this genre is different from history. It is more selective, and often more artfully done. It focuses on some interesting facts or act or happening that can entertain the reader. History, in contract, tries to be comprehensive - and works out to be sure nothing is left out. Yes, the two genre's overlap and at points are

I am an avid reader of scientific history books (for non scientists), especially when, as is in the case of this book, there is a fascinating mystery at the heart of the story. The Northern Lights is the tale of one man's quest or obsession, if you will, to discover the cause of the eerie visual phenomenon of the title. Kristian Birkeland was a man who was more than a good fifty years ahead of his time, and of course he met with the classic resistance to ideas which did not fit in with the

We are planning a trip to Iceland next month to see the northern lights and it was recommended that we read this book. It was a fascinating look at one man's quest to better understand this beautiful natural phenomenon. I did like the parts that described his harrowing trips to the cold wilderness to collect his data. But many of the other parts of the book were not that interesting to me. What I did get from the book was that in order to obtain the funds to do what he loved, study the aurora