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Hidden Attraction : the History and Mystery of Magnetism.
Long one of nature's most fascinating phenomena, magnetism was once the subject of many superstitions. Magnets were thought useful to thieves, effective as a love potion or as a cure for gout or spasms. They could remove sorcery from women and put demons to flight and even reconcile married cou...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press, USA,
1993.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Contents; 1: Of Mystery and Magnets; 2: Clearing the Decks; 3: On the Magnetical Philosophy; 4: Let the Experimentation Begin; 5: Oersted and Ampère: The Birth of Electromagnetism; 6: Michael Faraday: The Era of Discovery Personified; 7: Fields and Faraday; 8: Maxwell Sees the Light; 9: Heinrich Hertz's Grand Adventure; 10: Curiouser and Curiouser; 11: What If?; 12: Magnetic Fields in Space; 13: The Spark That Bridged the Universe; 14: The Era of Creativity; 15: The Wages of Curiosity; Appendix: The Pattern of Progress.
- Phase I: From Superstition to UncertaintyPhase II: Grasping at Reality; Phase III: From Discovery to the Primary Paradigm; Phase IV: Parting of the Ways; Phase V: Approaching the Truth; Phase VI: The Era of Creativity; Index; Notes.