THE SUN KINGS: THE UNEXPECTED TRAGEDY OF RICHARD CARRINGTON AND THE TALE OF HOW MODERN ASTRONOMY BEGAN
Book ID/图书代码： 13000507B10699
English Summary/英文概要： 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 electric shocks rendered operators unconscious. Compasses and other sensitive instruments reeled as if struck by a massive magnetic fist. For the first time, people began to suspect that the Earth was not isolated from the rest of the universe. However, nobody knew what could have released such strange forces upon the Earth--nobody, that is, except the amateur English astronomer Richard Carrington. In this riveting account, Stuart Clark tells for the first time the full story behind Carrington’s observations of a mysterious explosion on the surface of the Sun and how his brilliant insight--that the Sun’s magnetism directly influences the Earth--helped to usher in the modern era of astronomy. Clark vividly brings to life the scientists who roundly rejected the significance of Carrington’s discovery of solar flares, as well as those who took up his struggle to prove the notion that the Earth could be touched by influences from space. Clark also reveals new details about the sordid scandal that destroyed Carrington’s reputation and led him from the highest echelons of science to the very lowest reaches of love, villainy, and revenge.
The Sun Kings transports us back to Victorian England, into the very heart of the great nineteenth-century scientific controversy about the Sun’s hidden influence over our planet.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 1859年9月，整个地球被一团巨大的热气所吞噬，血红的极光从地球的两极涌向热带地区。整个世界一片混乱，电报系统瘫痪，机器自燃，电击令操作者失去意识。指南针以及其他灵敏仪器皆像是受到一个巨大磁场的袭击。人们第一次开始相信地球与宇宙中的其他部分紧密相连。无论如何，没有人知道到底是什么东西能否释放出如此奇怪的力量，没有人想到英国业余天文学家理查德.卡灵顿将破解这一谜题。 在这部动人的叙述中，斯图亚特.卡拉克第一次全面讲述了卡灵顿对发生在太阳表面那场神秘爆炸的研究背后的故事，以及他那杰出的观点—太阳磁场直接影响地球—如何帮助推动现代天文学的发展。克拉克生动地描述了当时的科学家们如何反对卡灵顿对太阳耀斑发现所带来的意义，以及那些支持卡灵顿而奋力证明地球会受到太空力量影响的这一理念。此外，克拉克还揭露了那些关于毁坏卡灵顿名誉的肮脏丑闻的最新细节，这些丑闻将他从科学界的最高阶层拽入爱，邪恶以及报复的最深渊。
《太阳王》一书带领我们回到维多利亚时代，走进十九世纪最具争议性的科学发现的最深处—太阳对地球的隐性影响。(兼职翻译-XMM)
Awards/获奖情况：Rights sold: UK/US (Princeton), Chinese, traditional characters
(Goodness/Wu-Nan), Portuguese in Brazil (Record), Greek (Travlos),
Italian (Einaudi)
About the Author/作者介绍： 斯图亚特.克拉克是英国畅销天文学杂志《当代天文学》的前任编辑。目前，作者在欧洲太空总署任职，并定期为《新科学家》，BBC《焦点》杂志撰写稿件。作者已经出版过好几部作品，包括《星际之旅》，《外太空：宇宙的开端》等。 Stuart Clark is a former editor of the United Kingdom’s best-selling astronomy magazine, "Astronomy Now". He currently writes for the European Space Agency and is a regular contributor to such magazines as "New Scientist" and "BBC Focus". He is the author of several books, including "Journey to the Stars" and "Deep Space: The Universe from the Beginning".
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