Background
Parker, Eugene Newman was born on June 10, 1927 in Houghton, Michigan, United States. Son of Glenn H. and Helen (MacNair) Parker.
(Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal bo...)
Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal book Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Eugene N. Parker here offers the first in-depth treatment of the magnetohydrodynamic theory of spontaneous magnetic discontinuities. In detailing his theory of the spontaneous formation of tangential discontinuities (current sheets) in a magnetic field embedded in highly conducting plasma, Parker shows how it can be used to explain the activity of the external magnetic fields of planets, stars, interstellar gas clouds, and galaxies, as well as the magnetic fields in laboratory plasmas. Provocative and fascinating, Spontaneous Current Sheets in Magnetic Fields presents a bold new theory that will excite interest and discussion throughout the space physics community.
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Parker, Eugene Newman was born on June 10, 1927 in Houghton, Michigan, United States. Son of Glenn H. and Helen (MacNair) Parker.
Bachelor of Science, Michigan State University, 1948; Doctor of Philosophy, California Institute Technology, 1951; Doctor of Science, Michigan State University, 1975; Doctor Honoris Causa in Physics and Mathematics, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy Honoris Causa in Theoretical Physics, U. Oslo, 1991.
Instructor mathematics and astronomy, U. Utah, 1951-1953; assistant professor physics, U. Utah, 1953-1955; member of faculty physics, University of Chicago, 1955-1995; professor department physics, University of Chicago, 1962-1995; professor department astronomy and astrophysics, University of Chicago, 1967-1995; professor emeritus, University of Chicago, since 1995.
(Expanding upon the ideas first proposed in his seminal bo...)
Member NAS (H. K. Arctowski award 1969, United States National Medal of Science award 1989), American Astronomical Society (Henry Norris Russell lecturer 1969, George Ellery Hale award 1978), American Geophysical Union (John Adam Fleming award 1968, William Bowie medal 1990), Norwegian Academy Science and Letters.
Married Niesje Meuter, 1954. Children— Joyce, Eric.