Fred Singer
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Most Influential Person
American physicist
Why Is Fred Singer Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Siegfried Fred Singer was an Austrian-born American physicist and emeritus professor of environmental science at the University of Virginia, trained as an atmospheric physicist. He was known for rejecting the scientific consensus on several issues, including climate change, the connection between UV-B exposure and melanoma rates, stratospheric ozone loss being caused by chlorofluoro compounds, often used as refrigerants, and the health risks of passive smoking.
Fred Singer's Published Works
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Published Papers
- a New Model of Magnetic Storms and Aurorae (abstract) (1957) (169)
- Geomagnetically trapped electrons from cosmic ray albedo neutrons (1961) (141)
- TRAPPED ALBEDO THEORY OF THE RADIATION BELT (1958) (138)
- The Energy Report: 100% Renewable Energy by 2050 (2017) (120)
- The Nature of Ball Lightning (1971) (100)
- Distribution of Density in a Planetary Exosphere (1959) (88)
- Distribution of density in an ion-exosphere of a nonrotating planet. (1964) (80)
- Lifetimes of Trapped Radiation Belt Particles Determined by Coulomb Scattering (1959) (73)
- "RADIATION BELT" AND TRAPPED COSMIC-RAY ALBEDO (1958) (72)
- Evidence for Ionosphere Currents from Rocket Experiments Near the Geomagnetic Equator (1951) (69)
- Electrostatic dust transport on the lunar surface (1962) (68)
- Global Effects of Environmental Pollution. (1968) (64)
- Photoelectric screening of bodies in interplanetary space (1962) (54)
- The Economic Growth Debate: An Assessment (1979) (49)
- Effects of the finite gyroradii of geomagnetically trapped protons (1962) (46)
- Great balls of fire (1991) (44)
- Toward a New Iron Age? Quantitative Modeling of Resource Exhaustion (1987) (36)
- On the Primary Cosmic-Ray Spectrum (1950) (36)
- Escape of Gases from the Moon (1960) (32)
- Thermal escape of neutral hydrogen and its distribution in the Earth's thermosphere (1966) (32)
- The albedo neutron theory of geomagnetically trapped protons (1963) (30)
- Calculation of meteoroid impacts on moon and earth (1973) (30)
- Forbush decreases produced by diffusive deceleration mechanism in interplanetary space (1962) (29)
- Interplanetary Dust near the Earth (1961) (28)
- Cause of the Minimum in the Earth's Radiation Belt (1959) (27)
- Measurement of the Earth's Magnetic Field at High Altitudes at White Sands, New Mexico (1950) (26)
- Where Was the Moon Formed? (1970) (24)
- Effects of Trapped Particles on the Geomagnetic Field (1962) (23)
- Principles of environmental physics (contemporary biology series): by John L. Monteith. 241 pages, diagrams, 512 × 812 in. New York, American Elsevier Publishing Co., 1973. Price, $20.00. (1975) (22)
- Stratospheric Water Vapour Increase due to Human Activities (1971) (21)
- Is there an optimum level of population? (1969) (21)
- Analyzing ultraviolet-B radiation: is there a trend? (1994) (21)
- Human energy production as a process in the biosphere. (1970) (21)
- The Price of World Oil (1983) (19)
- The strategic petroleum reserve. (1986) (19)
- The PH-D proposal - A manned mission to Phobos and Deimos (1984) (18)
- How Did Venus Lose Its Angular Momentum? (1970) (18)
- Interplanetary dust measurements near the Earth (1969) (17)
- Structure of the Earth's Exosphere (1960) (16)
- Geophysical Research with Artificial Earth Satellites (1956) (14)
- 35. A new model of magnetic storms and aurorae (1958) (14)
- LATITUDE AND ALTITUDE DISTRIBUTION OF GEOMAGNETICALLY TRAPPED PROTONS (1960) (13)
- On the Density Spectrum and Structure of Extensive Air Showers (1951) (12)
- The Primary Specific Ionization and Intensity of the Cosmic Radiation above the Atmosphere at the Geomagnetic Equator (1950) (12)
- Microwave detection of precipitation over the surface of the ocean (1968) (12)
- GEOMAGNETICALLY TRAPPED RADIATION (1962) (11)
- Ball lightning—the scientific effort (2002) (10)
- Interaction of West Ford Needles with Earth's Magnetosphere (1961) (10)
- Oil exploration. (1981) (10)
- Book Review: Useful applications of earth-oriented satellites. Summaries of Panel Reports, Two Volumes, National Academy of Sciences— National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 1969 (1969) (10)
- Zodiacal Dust and Deep-Sea Sediments (1967) (10)
- Meteorological measurements from a minimum satellite vehicle (1957) (9)
- Cosmic ray time variations produced by deceleration in interplanetary space (1958) (9)
- Properties of the upper atmosphere and their relation to the radiation belts of the earth (1960) (8)
- Cosmic-ray evidence on the origin of meteorites (1958) (8)
- A Critical Analysis of the DOE Report (1988) (8)
- The Unsolved Problem of Ball Lightning (1963) (8)
- GEOMAGNETIC FIELD PERTURBATIONS DUE TO TRAPPED PARTICLES (1961) (7)
- The Zenith Angle Dependence of the Cosmic Radiation above the Atmosphere at λ=41°N (1950) (7)
- Reinterpretation of the uranium-helium ages of iron meteorites (1957) (7)
- The specific ionization of the cosmic radiation above the atmosphere (1949) (6)
- COSMIC-RAY INCREASES PRODUCED BY SMALL SOLAR FLARES (1958) (6)
- Planetary engineering. (1968) (5)
- Pulverized Coal Combustion: Recent Developments (1984) (5)
- Interaction of West Ford Needles with the Earth's Magnetosphere and their Life-time (1961) (5)
- Education for today's ecological crisis (1970) (5)
- Waste heat management. (1968) (5)
- Climate debate (1996) (5)
- Relativity and Space Travel (1957) (4)
- Limits to Arab Oil Power (1978) (4)
- Ozone depletion theory. (1993) (4)
- Injection of Trapped Protons from Solar Flare Particles (1962) (4)
- On the low energy cut-off of the cosmic radiation (1958) (4)
- Matching education to jobs in developing nations. (1968) (3)
- ARTIFICIAL MODIFICATION OF THE EARTH'S RADIATION BELT (1959) (3)
- On the origin of the charge spectrum of the primary cosmic radiation (1958) (3)
- PLASMA COMPRESSION EFFECTS PRODUCED BY SPACE VEHICLES IN A MAGNETOIONIC MEDIUM (1965) (3)
- Solar flare cosmic‐ray event of May 4, 1960 (1961) (3)
- Erratum: On the Primary Cosmic-Ray Spectrum (1950) (3)
- DISTRIBUTION OF DUST IN CISLUNAR SPACE - POSSIBLE EXISTENCE OF A TERRESTRIAL DUST SHELL (1962) (3)
- ELECTRO-PROPULSION WITH COLLOIDS (1962) (3)
- NATURE AND ORIGIN OF RADIATION BELTS (1962) (3)
- Observations of Ball Lightning (1971) (3)
- The Energy Crunch (1976) (3)
- Federal interest in estuarine zones builds (1969) (3)
- Oil resource estimates. (1975) (3)
- Thermal diffusion and multiply-charged atoms in the magnetosphere. (2007) (2)
- Rocket exploration of magnetic fields and electric currents in the upper atmosphere (1954) (2)
- Cost-Benefit Analysis in Environmental Decision Making. (1977) (2)
- How to trim oil imports, dampen price swings (1989) (2)
- Ball Lightning in the Prescientific Era (1971) (2)
- Research in the upper atmosphere with high altitude sounding rockets (1956) (2)
- Prospects for the World Oil Market (1985) (2)
- Ball lightning (1980) (2)
- Intensity Variation of Vertical Cosmic-Ray Air Showers (1957) (2)
- The Ocean in human affairs (1990) (2)
- Density of the Lunar Atmosphere (1961) (2)
- Geophysical effects of solar corpuscular radiation (1958) (2)
- Global effects of environmental pollution, 26-27 December 1968: Dallas, Texas. (1968) (2)
- Will the world come to a horrible end? (1970) (2)
- Forces and Torques Due to Coulomb Interaction with the Magnetosphere (1964) (2)
- New president (1991) (2)
- Reducing the environmental impact of population growth. (1970) (2)
- Chemical Synthesis with Ion Beams (1965) (2)
- Bet on the Market (1981) (2)
- Experts address the question: What are the prospects for an effective implementation of the Kyoto Protocol? (2006) (1)
- Letters. Dual water supplies (1969) (1)
- The Research Potential of Manned Earth Orbiting Spacecraft for Meteorology (1969) (1)
- PARTICLES IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE (1962) (1)
- The Possibilities and Usefulness of Defining Optimum Population Levels (1973) (1)
- Federal Funding: What Are the Priorities? (1969) (1)
- Characteristics of Ball Lightning Derived from Observations (1971) (1)
- An experimental study of colloidal propulsion using sub-micron solid particles (1963) (1)
- "SINKS" IN THE CDM ? (2000) (1)
- Eutrophication in lakes: Abstract (1969) (1)
- The case for a variable import fee on oil (1988) (1)
- Emission standards: costs and benefits. (1974) (1)
- High-Level Nuclear Waste Disposal (1986) (1)
- Domestic resources can satisfy the energy needs of the United States (1974) (1)
- Use of an Artificial Satellite to test the Clock ‘Paradox’ and General Relativity (1960) (1)
- Soil and coal: a cost-benefit inquiry. (1977) (1)
- A model for solar flare increases of cosmic rays based on hydromagnetic turbulence (1958) (1)
- A study of optimum population levels--a progress report. (1972) (1)
- Lectures on the primary cosmic radiation (1954) (1)
- DUST DYNAMICS IN THE MAGNETOSPHERE AND INTERPLANETARY SPACE. (1967) (1)
- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE RADIATION BELTS (1963) (1)
- Publication savings and shortcuts. (1969) (1)
- Oil Resource Estimates (1975) (1)
- Reply [to “Comment on discussion of paper by S. F. Singer and G. F. Williams, Jr., ‘Microwave detection of precipitation over the surface of the ocean’”] (1968) (1)
- Storm Lightning and the Problem of Ball Lightning (1971) (1)
- How did venus lose its angular momentum? (1971) (1)
- On the Nature of the Cosmic Radiation Near the Pfotzer Maximum at /lambda/= 41 N (1950) (1)
- A quantified environment. (1979) (1)
- Energy : readings from Scientific American (1979) (1)
- Exporting Alaska's oil and gas (1983) (0)
- Physics of the Upper Atmosphere. John A. Ratcliffe, Ed. Academic Press, New York, 1960. 586 pp. Illus. $14.50 (1961) (0)
- Sewage treatment: a moral? (1989) (0)
- Research and development for energy conservation in industry (1976) (0)
- The Question of the Existence of Ball Lightning (1971) (0)
- The Properties and Processes of Storm Lightning (1971) (0)
- Etzioni's View of the Environment (1970) (0)
- Nitrogen-containing intermediates in combustion (1982) (0)
- 30 december can we develop an index for quality of life? (1971) (0)
- NAS Acid Rain Study. (1986) (0)
- Coming revolution in world oil markets. [Abetted by conservation, fuel substitution, and better technologies] (1981) (0)
- Present Status of the Earth’s Radiation Belt (1960) (0)
- Advanced Concepts of Superconductivity: A Comparative Review of Soviet and American Research. Part I, High-Temperature Superconductivity. (1974) (0)
- Publication Savings and Shortcuts (1969) (0)
- Advanced concepts of superconductivity: a comparative review of Soviet and American research. Part II. High pressure superconductivity. Interim report (1976) (0)
- Environmental hype and hoax (1994) (0)
- Revolution in water renovation (1970) (0)
- Can We Develop an Index for Quality of Life? (1971) (0)
- Symposium on energy, resources, and the environment. Volume II (1972) (0)
- Theories and Experiments on Ball Lightning (1971) (0)
- Manned Flight to the Nearer Planets (1969) (0)
- Artificial Earth Satellites . vols. 1 and 2. L. V. Kurnosova, Ed. Translated from the Russian. Plenum Press, New York; Chapman and Hall, London, 1960. 107 pp. $ 9.50. (1960) (0)
- A VERSATILE ION SOURCE FOR PROPULSION (1961) (0)
- Orbital behaviour of the passive grid-sphere communications satellite, 1966 63a (1968) (0)
- The plasma sphere and its possible role in ball lightning (2000) (0)
- The Energy Revolution: Population Growth And Environmental Change (1971) (0)
- Letter from S. Fred Singer, United States Department of the Interior to Joshua Lederberg (1969) (0)
- SATELLITE PLASMA SHEATH ANOMALIES (1961) (0)
- INTERPLANETARY BALLISTIC MISSLES: A NEW ASTRPHYSICAL RESEARCH TOOL (1958) (0)
- Interaction between a Steady‐State Plasma and a Magnetic Field (1968) (0)
- Space research v: proc. fifth international space science symposium (COSPAR): edited by D. G. King-Hele, P. Muller and G. Righini. 1248 pages, diagrams, illustr. 7 × 914 in. New York, John Wiley-Interscience, 1965. Price, $47.50 (1966) (0)
- DISTRIBUTION OF DENSITY IN A PLANETARY EXOSPHERE. PART II (SUPPLEMENT) (1960) (0)
- Production of tritium in nuclear spallations (1960) (0)
- Manned laboratories in space : Second International Orbital Laboratory Symposium, organized by the International Academy of Astronautics at the XIXth International Astronautical Congress, New York, 18 October 1968 (1969) (0)
- A Review of Öpik's Contributions in the Field of Exospheres and Interplanetary Gas (1972) (0)
- Photographs of Ball Lightning (1971) (0)
- High Energy Radiation Near the Earth (1964) (0)
- The research potential of manned earth orbiting spacecraft in the field of meteorology. (1965) (0)
- Advanced concepts of superconductivity: A comparative review of Soviet and American Research. Part 2: High pressure superconductivity (1976) (0)
- The Ph-D project: Manned expedition to the Moons of Mars (2001) (0)
- Present Aspects of the Ball Lightning Problem (1971) (0)
- The nature and origin of the earth's radiation belts. Their relation to upper atmosphere densities and their geophysical effects (1960) (0)
- My Adventures in the Magnetosphere (2013) (0)
- Cosmic Radio Waves. I. S. Shklovsky. Translated by Richard B. Rodman and Carlos M. Varsavsky. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1960. xvi + 444 pp. Illus. $12.50 (1961) (0)
- EXISTENCE OF PLASMA CLOUDS AROUND SATELLITES. (1961) (0)
- Scientific Problems in Cislunar Space and their Exploration with Rocket Vehicles (1959) (0)
- On the Lateral Extension of Auger Showers (1948) (0)
- DENSITY OF A NEUTRAL EXOSPHERE DERIVED FROM THE BOLTZMANN EQUATION. Technocal Report No. 230 (1961) (0)
- Letter from S. Fred Singer to Joshua Lederberg (1969) (0)
- Energy policy and the market (1982) (0)
- Artificial Earth Satellites. vols. 1 and 2. L. V. Kurnosova, Ed. Translated from the Russian. Plenum Press, New York; Chapman and Hall, London, 1960. 107 pp. $ 9.50 (1960) (0)
- Progress in Cosmic Ray Physics . vol. III. J. G. Wilson, Ed. North-Holland, Amsterdam; Interscience, Ne York, 1956. 420 pp. Illus. $10.50. (1957) (0)
- Rockets and Guided Missiles . John Humphries. Macmillan, New York, 1956. 229 pp. Illus. $6. (1956) (0)
- Btu borrowing? (1977) (0)
- NAS Acid Rain Study (1986) (0)
- Emission Standards: Costs and Benefits (1974) (0)
- Ozone Assessment Found Wanting (1996) (0)
- The ABM Treaty and SDI: A Note (1986) (0)
- ELECTROSTATIC SCREENING OF BODIES IN SPACE. Technical Report No. 226 (1961) (0)
- Interpretation of the ABM Treaty (1987) (0)
- Synthetic fuel utilization. Final report. Task 330 (1983) (0)
- The President's Page: Guest editorial: Population (1970) (0)
- Unsolved Mystery of Ball Lightning (2018) (0)
- VIF Vivit: Reply to Henderson (1989) (0)
- The international oil industry: An interdisciplinary perspective: Judith Rees and Peter Odell Macmillan Press Ltd, Basingstoke, UK, 1987, 193 pp, [pound sign]25.00 (1988) (0)
- Oil Policy in a Changing Market (1987) (0)
- Etzioni's View of the Environment (1970) (0)
- Emendamenti alla nota On the origin of the charge spectrum of the primary cosmic radiation (1959) (0)
- On a "nuclear winter". (1985) (0)
- Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles A New Astrophysical Research Tool (1958) (0)
- WHAT DETERMINES THE LIFETIME OF TRAPPED PROTONS (1964) (0)
- Geomagnetically trapped radiation: half a century of research (2016) (0)
- Response : How Did Venus Lose Its Angular Momentum? (1971) (0)
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