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by Bob Johnson
August 18, 2011

from Thunderbolts Website

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Red Square nebula.

Credit: Peter Tuthill, Sydney University Physics Dept Palomar

and W.M. Keck observatories

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This Guide is intended for anyone who wonders how our Universe really works, and who might be interested in an intriguing and somewhat different point of view.

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Readers may be surprised to discover that many well-trained skeptics do not support popular ideas in astronomy and the space sciences.

Contents

• About This Guide

• Introduction

• Chapter 01 - Distances in Space

• Chapter 02 - Magnetic and Electric Fields in Space

• Chapter 03 - Plasma

• Chapter 04 - Electromagnetism

• Chapter 05 - Plasma Sheaths, Cells, and Current-Free Double Layers

• Chapter 06 - Currents, Filaments and Pinches

• Chapter 07 - Birkeland Currents, Magnetic Ropes and Current-Carrying Double Layers

• Chapter 08 - Current Sheets, Perpendicular Currents and Electric Circuits

• Chapter 09 - Plasma Circuit Instabilities

• Chapter 10 - Rotational Effects

• Chapter 11 - Radiation

• Summary and Conclusion

• Appendix� I - Vector Algebra

• Appendix II - The Electro-magnetic Field Equations

• Appendix III - The Electromagnetic Field Equations

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