CONTENTS

Chapters

 

Introduction

Science Rules

Some "Ugly Facts"

How Big Is the Space Around Us?

The Case of the Missing Matter

The Case of the Missing Neutrinos

Cosmology's Roots

The Plasma Pioneers

Shake Hands With the Plasma

The Electric Sun

The Sun's Electrical Atmosphere

Open Magnetic Fields and Other Fictions

The Solar System

Stars (Electric Cosmology)

Stragglers, Bursters, and Pulsars

Galaxies

Redshift and the Big Bang

Lowering the Drawbridge

App. A: Birkeland Currents

App. B: Computation of Redshift Values

App. C: Solar Electron Flux

App. D: Open Letter to the Scientific Community

Index

List of Plates

Venus

Globular Cluster M13

Spiral galaxy M33

The Bubble Nebula

The Horse-head Nebula

The Pelican Nebula

V838 Monoceros

“Cosmic” Microwave Background

Galaxy 0313-192

Dr. Hannes Alfvén

Galaxy NGC 4650A

The Eagle Nebula, M16

 

 The cover picture is an image of the Helix Nebula, NGC 7293 taken by the author at his observatory in Arizona.