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Eugene N. Parker (1927–2022)

Author of Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields

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About the Author

Eugene N. Parker is S. Chandrasekhar Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Chicago

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Image credit: Eugene N. Parker [credit: National Academy of Sciences]

Series

Sandia Corporation Research Colloquium

Works by Eugene N. Parker

Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields (1994) 10 copies

Conversations on Electric and Magnetic Fields in the Cosmos (2007) 7 copies

Cosmical Magnetic Fields: Their Origin and their Activity (1979) 3 copies

Interplanetary Dynamical Processes (1963) 3 copies

Solar Winds (1959) 1 copy

Associated Works

Critical Dialogues in Cosmology (1997) — Contributor — 4 copies

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A (1) astronomy (4) astrophysics (1) electromagnetics (2) F (1) fields (1) fs (1) M (1) magnetic fields (1) magnetism (1) math (1) MHD (1) physics (4) plasma physics (1) red (1) S (1) science (2) solar radiation (1) solar wind (1) stellar x-rays (1) Yel (1)

Common Knowledge

Legal name: Parker, Eugene Newman
Other names: Parker, E. N.
Birthdate: 1927-06-10
Date of death: 2022-03-15
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Houghton, Michigan, USA
Place of death: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Education: Michigan State University (BS | Physics | 1948)
California Institute of Technology (PhD | 1951)
Occupations: astrophysicist
Organizations: National Academy of Sciences
Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters
University of Chicago
University of Utah
Enrico Fermi Institute
American Physical Society (show all 8)
American Geophysical Union
American Astronomical Society
Awards and honors: Arctowski Medal (1969)
Henry Norris Russell Lectureship (1969)
George Ellery Hale Prize (1978)
Chapman Medal (1979)
National Medal of Science (1989)
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society (1992) (show all 11)
Bruce Medal (1997)
Kyoto Prize (2003)
James Clerk Maxwell Prize (2003)
Asteroid 11756 Geneparker (namesake)
NASA's Parker Solar Probe (namesake)

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Statistics

Works: 5
Also by: 1
Members: 24
Popularity: #522,742
Rating: ½ 3.5

ISBNs: 10

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Obituary: Washington Post/AP

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