Article ID: CBB611359764

Curiosity and Chance (1996)

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The author recounts some stations of his professional life, which was to a large extent dedicated to active experimentation with plasma clouds in space and to the development of theoretical concepts for some intriguing plasmaphsical processes. The human and political environment of this work receives some coverage as well as his opinion of state and future of his discipline.

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Authors & Contributors
Generali, Dario
Nishida, A.
Sonett, C. P.
Axford, W. I.
Richmond, A. D.
Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Journals
Journal of Geophysical Research
Journal of Literature and Science
Historical Studies in the Physical and Biological Sciences
European Physical Journal H
Contemporary European History
Publishers
Mimesis
Fondazione Museo Storico del Trentino
Edition Open Access
University of Maryland, College Park
Texas A and M University
University of Oklahoma Press
Concepts
Personal narratives
Experiments and experimentation
Space research and exploration
Science and society
Physics
Science and politics
People
Redi, Francesco
Malpighi, Marcello
Foucault, Michel
Bohm, David Joseph
Beckett, Samuel
Time Periods
21st century
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
18th century
17th century
Places
United States
Italy
Europe
West Africa
Americas
Germany
Institutions
School of Milan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
University of Arizona
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