부산대학교 도서관

My career has included astrophysics and space physics, always with a theoretical emphasis. My first papers calculated nuclear reaction rates in dense stars, particularly neutron stars, but I branched out to other areas or theoretical astrophysics. However, most of my work was in the plasma physics of the magnetosphere and ionosphere of the Earth. The central theme of my work in space physics is the Rice Convection Model (RCM). This paper very briefly describes the development of the RCM, which involved many colleagues over the course of more than 50 years, in which our understanding of magnetospheric physics advanced dramatically. However, this present paper is not organized in terms of a chronicle of technical advances. It is organized in terms of what I think I learned in my career.
Introduction This paper is an essay about how to learn to be a physicist. It is about general methods, not technical details. It does not attempt to be comprehensive. It [...]