North Pole, South Pole: the Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth's Magnetism
β Scribed by Turner, Gillian
- Publisher
- The Experiment
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Edition
- 4
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustrations; Main Characters; Introduction: The Revolutionary Politics of Consumption; 1 The Mystery of Magnetism; 2 Voyages of Discovery; 3 Magnus Magnes; 4 The Wandering Compass Needle; 5 Measuring the Force; 6 Of Forces and Fields; 7 The Third Element; 8 The Magnetic Crusade; 9 The Core of the Matter; 10 Reading the Rocks; 11 Poles Flipped, Continents Adrift; 12 The Story on the Seafloor; 13 Unraveling the Record; 14 In Search of a Solution; 15 The Geodynamo; Epilogue; Glossary; Select Bibliography; Illustration Credits; Acknowledgments; Index.
β¦ Subjects
The Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth's Magnetism
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