UID:
almafu_9959235865002883
Format:
1 online resource (224p. )
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ill.
ISBN:
0-19-028305-X
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0-19-771089-1
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0-19-802297-2
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1-280-45285-4
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9786610452859
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1-4237-4106-4
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0-19-535552-0
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1-60256-134-6
Series Statement:
Oxford scholarship online
Content:
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.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 1993.
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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
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-506488-7
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-19-510655-5
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1093/oso/9780195064889.001.0001
