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Northern Lights : How One Man Sacrificed Love, Happiness, and Sanity to Unlock the Secrets of Space
by Jago, Lucy
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0241140927
- ISBN 13
- 9780241140925
- Seller
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About This Item
London, England: Hamish Hamilton, 2001. First U.K. Edition 1st Printing. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 308pp w bibliography and index. Four indexed illustrations and maps. Cream endpapers. Dark blue cloth w crisp gold lettering on spine. No wear to covers or spine. Binding square and tight. Colour illustrated DJ clean and without wear, preserved in BroDart cover. Octavo.
The fascinating and moving story of visionary scientist Kristian Birkeland, the man whose quest to solve the enigma of the Northern Lights cost him his sanity, and ultimately his life.
The fascinating and moving story of visionary scientist Kristian Birkeland, the man whose quest to solve the enigma of the Northern Lights cost him his sanity, and ultimately his life.
Synopsis
Lucy Jago is a former documentary producer for Channel 4 and the BBC. She has been awarded two academic scholarships and a Double First Class Honours Degree from King's College, University of Cambridge, and a master's degree from the Courtauld Institute, London. She lives in Dorset, England.
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- Post Horizon Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 046143
- Title
- Northern Lights : How One Man Sacrificed Love, Happiness, and Sanity to Unlock the Secrets of Space
- Author
- Jago, Lucy
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First U.K. Edition 1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0241140927
- ISBN 13
- 9780241140925
- Publisher
- Hamish Hamilton
- Place of Publication
- London, England
- Date Published
- 2001
- Pages
- 320
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- Birkeland, Kr. -- (Kristian), -- 1867-1917. Auroras. Geophysicists -- Norway -- Biography. NOISBN Science & Technology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography and Memoirs; Natural History / Popular Science;
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