Hidden attraction : the history and mystery of magnetism / / Gerrit L. Verschuur
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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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| Pubblicazione: | New York, New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , 1993 |
| ©1993 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (224p. ) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 538 |
| Soggetto topico: | Magnetism |
| Magnetism - History | |
| Physicists | |
| Note generali: | Includes index. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Hidden attraction |
| ISBN: | 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 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910783369003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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