Sydney Chapman's Work

 


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This section contains discussions of Sydney Chapman's work by other scientists who knew him well, and understood his scientific contributions. The writings below were taken from the book Sydney Chapman, Eighty, From His Friends, edited by Syun-Ichi Akasofu, Benson Fogle and Bernhard Haurwitz and published privately.

The Kinetic Theory of Gases

Meteorology

The Birth of a Theory

Geomagnetism and Solar Physics

Ionospheric Physics and Aeronomy

The International Geophysical Year

 


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