| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 207 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
A conflagration of storms -- Dancing in the light -- "Hello? Is anyone there?" -- Between a rock and a hard place -- "We're not in Kansas anymore! -- They call them "satellite anomalies" -- Business as usual -- Human factors -- Cycle -- Through a crystal ball |
| Summary |
On March 13, 1989, the entire Quebec power grid collapsed, automatic garage doors in California suburbs began to open and close without apparent reason, and microchip production came to a halt in the Northeast; in space, communications satellites had to be manually repointed after flipping upside down, and pressure readings on hydrogen tank supplies on board the Space Shuttle Discovery peaked, causing NASA to consider aborting the mission. What was the cause of all these seemingly disparate events? Sten Odenwald gives convincing evidence of the mischievous?and potentially catastrophic?pow |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-201) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Solar activity -- Environmental aspects
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SCIENCE -- Physics -- Magnetism.
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Meteorology & Climatology.
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Solar activity -- Environmental aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0231505930 |
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9780231505932 |
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