Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. 1. Introduction: From Propagation Studies to Active Sensors 1
5. 1. Conceiving Long-Range Propagation: 1901–19
6. 2. Theorizing Transatlantic Wireless with Surface Diffraction 19
7. 3. The U.S. Navy and the Austin-Cohen Formula 51
8. 4. Synthesis with Atmospheric Reflection 66
9. 2. Discovering The Ionosphere: 1920–26
10. 5. Radio Amateurs Launch the Short-Wave Era 111
11. 6. From the Skip Zone to Magneto-Ionic Refraction 144
12. 7. British Radio Research and the Moments of Discovery 180
13. 8. Pulse Echo, CIW, and Radio Probing of the Ionosphere 215
14. 3. Theory Matters: 1926–35
15. 9. Consolidating a General Magneto-Ionic Theory 247
16. 10. Handling Microphysics 275
17. 4. Conclusion
18. 11. A New Way of Seeing the World 321
19. Bibliography 329
20. Index 349