The 23rd cycle :: learning to live with a stormy star /

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 do...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Odenwald, Sten F.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 207 pages :)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-201) and index.
ISBN:0231505930
9780231505932

There is no print copy available.

Get full text