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About the author
Kenneth R. Lang, Professor of Astronomy at Tufts University, uses
the Very Large Array radio telescope and modern spacecraft, such as
SOHO and Yohkoh, to investigate activity on the Sun. He is also a
well known writer, having published nine books translated into ten
languages as well as more than 150 professional articles. Lang's books
include Astrophysical Formulae, published in a third enlarged
edition in 1999, the popular Sun, Earth and Sky, and the prize-winning
Wanderers in Space - Prix du livre de l'Astronomie in 1994.
Professor Lang has been a Visiting Senior Scientist in Solar Physics
at NASA Headquarters and a Fulbright Scholar in Italy. He is a member
of the International Astronomical Union, the Royal Astronomical Society
and the American Astronomical Society. Professor Lang lives with his
wife, Marcella, and his three children, Julia, David and Marina, in
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