Kristian Birkeland, Norwegian physicist and academic (born 1867)

Kristian Birkeland

Norwegian scientist (1867–1917)

Kristian Olaf Bernhard Birkeland was a Norwegian space physicist, inventor, and professor of physics at the Royal Fredriks University in Oslo. He is best remembered for his theories of atmospheric electric currents that elucidated the nature of the aurora borealis. In order to…