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Did you know... that Carl Størmer, "the acknowledged authority" on aurorae and the motion of charged particles in the magnetosphere, began his academic career inventing formulae for π?
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This guy has too many names. Does anyone know for sure whether it's "Carl Fredrik Mülertz Størmer" or "Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer" or what? —Keenan Pepper20:58, 16 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
User:Berland found a biography at the web site of the University of Oslo, which says at the top "Fredrik Carl Mülertz Størmer" and "Han var både matematiker og geofysiker, spesielt nordlysforsker. Etter han fikk fast stilling ved universitetet kalte han seg Carl Størmer." His translation: "He was both a mathematician and geophysicists, focusing on aurora borealis. After he got a permanent position at the university he used the name Carl Størmer." That seems pretty authorative to both of us. -- Jitse Niesen (talk) 16:05, 19 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
In the section on astrophysics, it is said: "His work, including laboratory 'aurora reproductions', had gathered international popular interest by 1928." This sentence is cited to an article in Popular Science. But Stormer was already well known to the scientific community before 1928. And as far as I know he never did any laboratory experiments (though his colleague Birkeland did). Indeed, Chapman's obituary (the first source cited in this article) makes no mention of Stormer performing any experiment in the laboratory. So, despite the fact that this sentence is cited, I propose removing it (unless someone can show a source indicating Stormer made "aurora reproductions" in the lab). Any objections? Attic Salt (talk) 14:51, 3 June 2018 (UTC)
DoneAttic Salt (talk) 12:54, 5 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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Done Attic Salt (talk) 12:54, 5 June 2018 (UTC)