The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of how Modern Astronomy Began by Stuart G. Clark
The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of how Modern Astronomy Began
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Stuart G. Clark
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The Sun Kings: The Unexpected Tragedy of Richard Carrington and the Tale of how Modern Astronomy Began

Stuart G. Clark

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In September of 1859, the entire Earth was engulfed in a gigantic cloud of seething gas, and a blood-red aurora erupted across the planet from the poles to the tropics. Around the world, telegraph systems crashed, machines burst into flames, and e...

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