Open AccessExploring the Secrets of the Aurora, 2nd edition
Author(s) -
Robinson Robert M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2008eo140005
Subject(s) - casual , creativity , energy (signal processing) , epistemology , engineering ethics , aesthetics , sociology , psychology , political science , philosophy , engineering , law , social psychology , physics , quantum mechanics
Pioneers in science invariably have struggled with ideas that future scientists learn and accept with almost casual indifference. Perhaps the basis for progress in science is that the energy and creativity of young scientists need not be expended on rediscovering truths that earlier scientists spent whole careers uncovering. Nevertheless, an appreciation for the process by which these truths were painstakingly unveiled is a lesson from which scientists of all ages can learn. Exploring the Secrets of the Aurora , by Syun‐Ichi Akasofu, should be read for that reason alone, but the book has other merits as well.