Kristian Birkeland

1. Introduction: Tempora Mutant Et Nos Cum Illis Mutamur

Part I:. Background and Education

2. At the 19th Century's End

3. A New Abel

Part II:. Geomagnetic and Solar System Research

4. Aurora in a Vacuum Chamber

5. The Norwegian Auroral Expeditions

6. The Universe in a Vacuum Chamber

Part III:. Technology and Applied Physics

7. Fast Switches and Electromagnetic Cannons

8. In as Little as Four Years

Part IV:. Birkeland the Man

9. As Seen in his Own Time

10. Consummatus in Brevi, Explevit Tempora Multa

Part V:. Birkeland's Heritage

11. From Small Acorns

12. In Memoriam

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Keywords: SCIENCE / Physics SCI055000