1961 · Offprint from: Die Naturwissenschaften, 48 Jahrgang, Heft 1, S.2-10, 1961. Berlin, etc.:
by BIERMANN, Ludwig (1907-1986).
Offprint from: Die Naturwissenschaften, 48 Jahrgang, Heft 1, S.2-10, 1961. Berlin, etc.:: Springer-Verlag, 1961., 1961. 4to. 10 pp. Self-wraps. Ex library rubber stamps and ms. notations on top cover. Very good. Ludwig Franz Benedikt Biermann was a German astronomer, obtaining his Ph.D. from Gottingen University in 1932. He made important contributions to astrophysics and plasma physics, discovering the Biermann battery. He predicted the existence of the solar wind which in 1947 he dubbed "solar corpuscular radiation". (Inventory #: S5909)