The History of Space Weather: From Babylon to the 21st century Kindle Edition

This is an updated e-book version of the paperback 'The History of Space Weather: From Babylon to the 21st Century' published in 2021. It includes 236 illustrations, most in full color, that take you through past space weather events and calamities. You will discover how people and our technology responded to them. It follows 130 major solar storm events as they were reported in a variety of newspapers from the early 1800s to the most recent storms in 2013. Along the way, you will learn about how our sun produces space weather through solar flares and coronal mass ejections, how Earth responds to these events, and how our steadily improving technologies have still managed to get beat up by these events. This is especially important in the 21st century when we are embarking on more expansive use of satellites, and deploying humans to operate in space, travel to the moon and Mars, and attempt to do so in the face of solar and cosmic radiation storms.Also included in this book I have made suggestions for how you can build your own inexpensive space weather magnetometer stations to keep track of Earth's magnetic field changes as it responds to solar storms. These instruments cost under $50.00 and will provide enhanced classroom and hobbyist experiences akin to monitoring a barometer in a weather station, to see what Earth is up to. In addition, I have also made suggestions for how you can contribute your data to various Citizen Science groups to take part in the next level of your exploration of space weather. Enjoy the show!! Read more