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Hidden attraction : the history and mystery of magnetism /
In Hidden Attraction Gerrit L. Verschuur traces the history of our fascination with magnetism, from the first discovery of magnets in Greece, to state-of-the-art theories that see magnetism as a basic force in the universe.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1996, ©1993.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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