2381/11931378.v1 Stanley WH Cowley Stanley WH Cowley Brief Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Man: Researches on Dungey's "Open" Magnetosphere From the 1960s to the 1980s University of Leicester 2020 Science & Technology Physical Sciences Astronomy & Astrophysics Magnetosphere Reconnection Plasma populations Current sheets History INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC-FIELD DEEP GEOMAGNETIC TAIL PARTICLE TRAJECTORIES CURRENT SHEETS OPEN MODEL RECONNECTION COMPONENT EISCAT POLAR ACCELERATION 2020-03-26 08:12:46 Journal contribution https://figshare.le.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/Brief_Portrait_of_the_Scientist_as_a_Young_Man_Researches_on_Dungey_s_Open_Magnetosphere_From_the_1960s_to_the_1980s/11931378 The author's early research career and scientific output is outlined, spanning the interval from the late 1960s to the late 1980s when he transitioned from Jim Dungey's PhD student at Imperial College, London, to full professor. The work, principally concerned with elucidating theoretical aspects of Dungey's “open” model magnetosphere, is set within the context of burgeoning observations from both ground and space, resulting in greatly improved knowledge and growing international acceptance. Scientific encounters with some of the major players in the field during that time are recounted, now recollected in tranquility.