Science in Space: Physics of Fields and Energetic Particles in Space. Chapter VII of a Report in Progress

Washington, DC: National Academy of Sciences, 1960. Quarto, 58, wraps, figures, references, covers soiled, ink scribble on front cover, cover edges worn, small piece missing rear cover. Topics covered include the interplanetary gas and magnetic fields, the acceleration and propagation of particles within the solar system, solar modulation of cosmic radiation and other energetic particles reaching the earth, the geomagnetically-trapped corpuscular radiation, and satellite experiments on particles and fields pertinent to auroral theory. Condition: fair to good.

Keywords: Space, Physics, Magnetic Fields, Cosmic Radiation, Satellites

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