From: Amara Graps (amara@amara.com)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 05:13:28 MST
EvMick:
>Recently I've been reading about Plasma....the "fourth state of matter".
For those not aware, at least 99% of the Universe is in a plasma state.
Those such as us, on top of rocks such as this, live in special conditions.
>It seems that Hans Alfven (an early researcher in the field) proposed
>some pretty off the wall things....but not SO off the wall that he
>still didn't receive a Nobel for his work.
>Currently there are multiple websites on the subjects (HoloScience,
>The Electric Universe, The Plasma Cosmos) to mention just three.
this is kooky science, fringe stuff
>Has anyone any comments?
Alfven is very respected (and revered) in the plasma and astrophysics
(magnetohydrodynamics) fields. For example, the concept of
frozen-in-flux and flux tubes, are his ideas. You'll find Alfven waves
in every standard text book on plasma physics, and anyone studying
plasma physics today stands on his giant shoulders.
Amara
-- Amara Graps, PhD Istituto di Fisica delle Spazio Interplanetario (IFSI) Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Roma, ITALIA Amara.Graps@ifsi.rm.cnr.it
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