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1、12TheElectricUniverseTHUNDERBOLTSProjectVolumeIIMikamarPublishingPortland,Oregon1Therareicononthereversesideisfromaglobalstudyoftensofthousandsofpictographs,describedinVolumeIoftheTHUNDERBOLTSproject,ThunderboltsoftheGods.ItwascarvedinrockatKayenta,Arizona.Itisadefinitivehu
2、manrecordingofthecosmicthunderboltseenclosetotheEarthinitsmostlethalconfiguration.CoverImageHSTimageoftheCat'sEyeNebula(NGC6543)Hubble'sAdvancedCameraforSurveys(ACS)revealsthefullbeautyofabull'seyepatternofelevenorevenmoreconcentricrings,orshells,aroundthecentralstar.Thecel
3、lular,helicalandfilamentarystructureischaracteristicofaplasmadischarge.Credit:R.Corradi(IsaacNewtonGroupofTelescopes,Spain)andZ.Tsvetanov(NASA)Tothescientistsofthefuture—TheElectricUniverseWallaceThornhillandDavidTalbottCopyright©2002,2007Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispubli
4、cationmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopy,recordingoranyotherinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpriorpermissioninwritingfromthepublisher.LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData:ElectricUniverse/Wallace
5、ThornhillandDavidTalbott1.Cosmology2.Plasmaandelectricityinspace3.ElectricSun4.ElectriccometsISBN-13978-0-9772851-3-6ISBN-100-9772851-3-8PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaby:MikamarPublishing1217NE75thAve.Portland,Oregon97213503-740-95673ACKNOWLEDGMENTSInthecourseofvisualiz
6、ing,composing,andformattingthismonograph,wehavereceivedinvaluablecontributionsfrommanyfriendsandassociates,forwhichwearedeeplygrateful.CountlesseditorialsuggestionsbyourgoodfriendandcolleagueMelAchesonhelpedtoshapetheoverallpresentation.Wealsowishtoacknowledgethehelpwerece
7、ivedearlyonfromMel’swife,Amy.Priortoheruntimelydeathin2005,shewastheheartofoureditorialstaff.WehavereceivedvaluablecommentsandsuggestionsfromastronomerHaltonArp,plasmascientistAnthonyPeratt,plasmascientistC.J.Ransom,radioastronomerGerritVerschuurforhislatestresearchoncosmi
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