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Autore |
Verschuur Gerrit L. <1937-> |
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Titolo |
Hidden attraction : the history and mystery of magnetism / / Gerrit L. Verschuur |
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New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1993 |
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©1993 |
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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 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (224p. ) : ill |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Magnetism |
Magnetism - History |
Physicists |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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