The 24th solar cycle has begun and NASA has predicted that it will be almost double in strength to its predecessor (the 23rd cycle). The 23rd solar cycle was record breaking and the solar flare it produced was more than what was ever recorded. It has been predicted that Sun will reach its zenith in the end of 2011. A Russian professor of Astronomy and Biological Physics, A.L. Tchijevsky during the First World War noticed that severe battles particularly followed severe sun flares. This showed a relationship between Solar Cycles and Wars. The sunspots were at a peak during the time 1916-17 and the war and various battles were highly stimulated by the energies that were boiling of the sun because of its solar flare. Tchijevsky constructed an index called “’Index of Mass Human Excitability”. He collected data regarding 72 countries from 500 BC to 1922 AD about the history of relation between Solar Cycle and Wars. He made this compilation to provide a strong database to make his correlations more expressive and lucid.
Tchijevsky concluded from his compilations that almost 80% of the most significant events related to wars and violence occurred during a period of about 5 years near the time of maximum sunspot activity. He also observed that Russian Revolution of 1917 occurred during the time of highest sunspot activity. Unfortunately this theory of Tchijevsky challenged the “Marxist dialectics”. This earned him almost 30years in prison of the Soviets. All these finding by Tchijevsky have strengthened the notion that Solar Cycle and wars have an intricate relationship.
The number of sunspots, found on the closest star, rise from 0 to a very great number (almost 400) after every 10 or 11 years. The sunspots themselves have no effect on the Earth. It is the solar flares and a number of other disturbances which emanate from the sun which cause an increase in the number of charged particles (electrons and protons) and also cause harmful solar radiations such as UV rays and X-rays. This phenomenon is known as solar wind. If the earth’s protective magnetic field and the atmosphere the bombardment of particles from sun would have charred the earth.
The magnetic field diverts most of the particles coming in and they are set into a circular path around the Earth. These storms are although of miniscule nature but they greatly affect the activity of brain and hormone levels. The effects are predominant in males. The solar cycle are connected to human behavior and also to wars. Professor Raymond Wheeler, in 1930s proved the relationship between severities of battles is correlated to battles. This data of Professor Raymond was statistically analysed by Edward Dewey. He confirmed the relation between solar cycles and wars. Since the data available at that time was not sufficient to make any concrete conclusions so he could not establish any definite connection. In 1980s Wheeler’s data was analysed in detail and thus the connection between Solar cycles and war became more clear and was understood in a better way.