CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1 SUNSPOTS AS OMENS 9
6. 2 THE ROOTS OF WESTERN COSMOLOGY 20
7. 3 MEDIEVAL EUROPE AND THE ISLAMIC EMPIRE 38
8. 4 THE INVENTION OF THE TELESCOPE 51
9. 5 AFTER GALILEO 79
10. 6 DISCOVERY OF THE SOLAR CYCLE 94
11. 7 THE BUSINESS CYCLE 120
12. 8 SOLAR SPECTROSCOPY 136
13. 9 THE SUN AND THE WEATHER 160
14. 10 TWENTIETH-CENTURY BUSINESS CYCLE SOLAR CYCLE THEORIES 190
15. 11 SUNSPOTS, THE SOLAR WIND, AND THE SUN–EARTH CONNECTION 200
16. 12 THE SUN’S ENERGY SOURCE 214
17. 13 SUNSPOTS TODAY 235
18. Appendix A ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC FIELDS 273
19. Appendix B ATOMS AND THEIR SPECTRA 279
20. NOTES 281
21. ADDITIONAL READING 305
22. INDEX 309