Solarmax

Small publishing company run by Dr. Pål Brekke, an international recognized solar physicist with a background from NASA and ESA. He is also the author of these books.

About

Dr. Brekke received a PhD in 1993 from the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo. After the launch of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) in December 1995 he was part of the science operation team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). In 1999 he joined the European Space Agency (ESA) as the SOHO Deputy Project Scientist stationed at NASA GSFC. Dr. Bekke is a Norwegian delegate to several ESA Programme Board and WMOs Space Weather programme. He is also a Prof. II at the University Center at Svalbard (UNIS).

Dr. Brekke is an author of several international popular science books about the Sun and the Northern Lights translated into seven languages. He has produced the award-winning documentary «The Northern Lights - a Magic Experience (2015).
He is also a member of the exclusive Explorers Club in New York.

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Cover of The story about Kristian Birkeland - Father of the Northern lights

Nature and popular science

Pål Brekke

The story about Kristian Birkeland - Father of the Northern lights

2017