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Aurorae

  • ISBN-13: 9781906367961
  • Publisher: UNICORN PRESS
    Imprint: UNICORN PRESS
  • By Bryony Lanigan
  • Price: AUD $26.99
  • Stock: 42 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 09/11/2022
  • Format: Paperback (178.00mm X 109.00mm) 144 pages Weight: 136g
  • Categories: Popular astronomy & space [WNX]
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People have been inspired by the colourful shifting lights of the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis for thousands of years, with modern-day adventurers travelling to aurora hotspots in the hope of getting a glimpse of them. Bryony Lanigan, Astronomer at Royal Observatory Greenwich, brings together many fields of research, from astronomy and solar physics to geology and atomic physics, as she explores the science behind these magical displays. Along the way, we take a whistle-stop tour through the electromagnetic spectrum, learn some elementary atomic physics, meet a mysterious phenomenon with a decidedly un-mysterious name and get to grips with the fundamental role of magnets (very, very large ones) in auroral activity. Lanigan doesnt just stay on Earth, though - she reveals that the spectacle has been observed elsewhere in our Solar System, too! Of course, nothing is simple and aurorae on other planets often confound the explanations weve worked so hard to come up with.

Bryony Laniganis a science communicator with a love for everything in the Universe, from the very big to the very small. She has worked variously as a physicstutor, gymnastics coach, course coordinator and even glitter artist at music festivals, but always found a way to weave in her passion for physics. Nowadays, if shes not in the lab, you can find her entertaining audiences at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.

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