Jago, Lucy. <br/><br/>
The northern lights / 
Lucy Jago. 
 - 1st American ed. 
 - New York :  Knopf,  2001. 
 - xv, 297 pages :  maps ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index. 
<br/><br/>Aurora borealis: Odin's messengers -- Land of the Lapps -- The castle -- A warning -- "Riddle solved!" -- The cannon -- Mad dogs -- The terrella: Explosion! -- The furnace -- Ida -- Looking back from space -- The divine option -- Vast, infinite space -- Zodiacal light: The dusty disc -- War -- Letters from home -- Brittle remains -- Epilogue. 
<br/><br/> Explores how Norwegian scientist Kristian Birkeland discovered the origins of the Northern Lights. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0375409807 9780375409806 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2001029895 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Birkeland, Kr. 1867-1917. <br/>Birkeland, Kr. 1867-1917 <br/>Birkeland, Kristian Olaf Bernhard.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Auroras.<br/>Geophysicists--Norway--Biography.<br/>Auroras.<br/>Geophysicists.<br/>Noorderlicht.<br/>Polarlicht
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Norway.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Biographies.<br/>Biography.<br/>Biographies.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QC805 .B57  / J34 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>538/.7/092 B