Books and Articles about the Aurora and Space Science
There are many good books on the aurora and space science for people of
all ages. There are also many magazine articles that you may be able to
locate through your local library. Check your local library or bookstore
for these:
For Young Readers...
- Savage, Candace. Aurora: The Mysterious Northern Lights. Sierra
Club Books, 1994. ISBN 0-87156-419-X.
- Sinnott, Roger W. "A Jam-Jar Magnetometer as Aurora Detector,"
Sky & Telescope, V. 78, N. 4, pp. 426-432, 1989.
- Souza, D.M. Northern Lights. Carolrhoda Books, 1994. ISBN
0-87614-799-6 (library binding), 0-87614-629-9 (paper).
- Walsh Shepherd, Donna. Auroras: Light shows in the Night Sky.
Franklin Watts, 1995. ISBN 0-531-20181-3 (library binding),
ISBN 0-531-17766-0 (paper).
Books For General Audiences...
- Akasofu, S.-I. Aurora Borealis: The Amazing Northern Lights.
Alaska Geographic, V.6, N.2, 1979 (1994 reprint). ISBN 0-88240-124-6.
- Brekke, Asgeir and Alv Egeland. The Northern Light: from Mythology
to Space Research. Springer-Verlag, 1983.
- Davis, Neil. The Aurora Watcher's Handbook.
University of Alaska
Press, 1992. ISBN 0-912006-59-5 (cloth), 0-912006-60-9 (paper).
- Eather, Robert H. Majestic Lights: The Aurora in Science, History
and the Arts. American Geophysical Union, 1980.
- Falck-Ytter, H. The Aurora: The Northern Lights in Mythology,
History, and Science. Anthroposophic Press, 1985. ISBN
0-88010-123-7.
Magazine Articles For General Audiences...
- Akasofu, Syun-Ichi. "The Aurora," American Scientist,
V. 69 N. 5, pp. 492-499, 1981.
- Akasofu, Syun-Ichi. "The Dynamic Aurora," Scientific American,
V. 260, N. 5, pp. 90-97, 1989.
- Brown, Bruce. "Shedding Light on the Aurora," National Wildlife,
V. 23, N. 2, pp. 50-53, 1985.
- MacRobert, Alan. "The Aurora," Sky & Telescope, V. 71, N. 1,
pp. 30-32, 1986.
- Ponte, Lowell. "Nature's Incredible Night Show," Reader's Digest,
V. 135, N. 12, pp. 86-91, 1989.
- Sampson, Russ. "Fire in the Sky," Astronomy, V. 20, N. 3,
pp. 39-43, 89-91, 1992.
- Sullivan, Walter. "Curtains of Light, Horsemen of Night," Audubon,
V. 89, N. 1, pp. 40-51, 1987.
- Torr, Marsha. "A New Image of the Atmosphere," New Scientist,
V. 103, N. 1418, pp. 42-45, 1984.
For Serious Studies...
- Akasofu, S.-I., and Sydney Chapman. Solar-Terrestrial Physics.
Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1972. ISBN 0-19-851262-7.
- Bone, Neil. The Aurora: Sun-Earth Interactions. Ellis Horwood Ltd.,
1991. ISBN 0-13-051392-X (library ed.), 0-13-052796-3 (student ed.).
- Hargreaves, J. K. The Solar-Terrestrial Environment: An Introduction
to Geospace. Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0-52132-748-2
(hardcover), 0-52142-737-1 (paper).
- Hunsucker, R. D. Radio Techniques for Probing the Terrestrial
Ionosphere. Springer-Verlag, 1991. ISBN 0-387-53406-7.
- Meng, Ching-I., Michael J. Rycroft, and Louis A. Frank, ed.
Auroral Physics. Cambridge U. Press, 1991. ISBN 0-521-38049-9.
- Tascione, Thomas F. Introduction to the Space Environment. Krieger
Publishing Co., 1994. ISBN 0-89464-044-5 (paper).
