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Hidden attraction : the history and mystery of magnetism / Gerrit L.Verschuur.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Verschuur, Gerrit L., author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Magnetism--Popular works.
- Magnetism.
- Magnetism--History--Popular works.
- Physicists--Popular works.
- Physicists.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224p. ) ill.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Designed for the general reader, this study of the phenomenon of magnetism begins with a look at the lodestone: "a magical object with the virtue to attract iron". It then examines pioneering experiments, theoretical formulations and the discovery of interstellar magnetic fields.
- Contents:
- Introduction; 1. Of mystery and magnets; 2. Clearing the debris; 3. On the magnetical philosophy; 4. Let the experimentation begin; 5. Oersted and Ampere: The birth of electromagnetism; 6. Michael Faraday: The era of discovery; 7. Fields and Faraday; 8. Maxwell sees the light; 9. Heinrich Hertz's grand adventure; 10. Curioser and curioser; 11. What if?; 12. Magnetic fields in space; 13. The spark that bridge the universe; 14. The era of creativity; Appendix: The pattern of progress
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 1993.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028305-X
- 0-19-771089-1
- 0-19-802297-2
- 1-280-45285-4
- 9786610452859
- 1-4237-4106-4
- 0-19-535552-0
- 1-60256-134-6
- OCLC:
- 930799233
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