John E. Brandenburg
John E. Brandenburg (* 1953 in Rochester , Minnesota ) is an American plasma physicist and author of para-scientific and science fiction books.
Life
Brandenburg grew up in Medford , Oregon . He studied physics at Southern Oregon University in Ashland , Oregon, where he received a Bachelor of Arts . He received a Masters of Science in Applied Science and a Ph.D. from the University of California at Davis. in theoretical plasma physics at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with the dissertation A Theoretical Model of a Reversed Field Ion Layer Made of Monoenergetic Ions . During his scientific career he worked at Sandia National Laboratories , Research Support Instruments , The Aerospace Corporation and the Florida Space Institute, among others . Brandenburg currently works for Orbital Technologies in Madison , Wisconsin .
In the course of the Apollo missions , he began to be interested in space travel and science fiction. His non-fiction book, Dead Mars, Dying Earth , co-authored with Monica Rix Paxson, has been translated into several languages and received the silver medal of the Benjamin Franklin Awards in the science and environment category. Under the pseudonym Victor Norgarde , he published two science fiction novels, Asteroid 20-2012 Sepulveda and Morningstar Pass, The Collapse of the UFO Coverup .
Fonts (selection)
- Non-fiction
- with Vincent DiPietro, Gregory Molenaar: Unusual Mars Surface Features. 1988.
- with Monica Rix Paxson: Dead Mars, Dying Earth. Element Books, Shaftesbury (UK) 1999.
- How the earth runs out of air. The end of our blue planet. Heyne Verlag , Munich 1999, ISBN 3-45316539X .
- Life and Death on Mars. The New Mars Synthesis. 2011.
- Beyond Einstein's Unified Field. 2011.
- Death on Mars. The Discovery of a Planetary Nuclear Massacre. 2015.
- Novels
- Asteroid 20-2012 Sepulveda.
- Morningstar Pass. The Collapse of the UFO Coverup.
Web links
- Literature by and about John E. Brandenburg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on astroreview.com
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandenburg, John E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American plasma physicist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rochester , Minnesota |