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Turner, Gillian M
North Pole, South Pole : the epic quest to solve the great mystery of Earth's magnetism / - first North American edition. - New York, NY : The Experiment, 2011 - 468 pages : illustrations ;
Originally published: Wellington, N.Z. : Awa Press, 2010
The mystery of magnetism -- Voyages of discovery -- Magnus Magnes -- The wandering compass needle -- Measuring the force -- Of forces and fields -- The third element -- The magnetic crusade -- The core of the matter -- Reading the rocks -- Poles flipped, continents adrift -- The story on the seafloor -- Unraveling the record -- In search of a solution -- The geodynamo
Discusses the issues of geomagnetism, including why the Earth's magnetic north differs from its geographic north, how animals use geomagnetism for migration purposes, and the source of the magnetic field
9781615190317 9781615191321
Geomagnetism -- History
Geophysics -- History
Geophysicists -- History
538.72
North Pole, South Pole : the epic quest to solve the great mystery of Earth's magnetism / - first North American edition. - New York, NY : The Experiment, 2011 - 468 pages : illustrations ;
Originally published: Wellington, N.Z. : Awa Press, 2010
The mystery of magnetism -- Voyages of discovery -- Magnus Magnes -- The wandering compass needle -- Measuring the force -- Of forces and fields -- The third element -- The magnetic crusade -- The core of the matter -- Reading the rocks -- Poles flipped, continents adrift -- The story on the seafloor -- Unraveling the record -- In search of a solution -- The geodynamo
Discusses the issues of geomagnetism, including why the Earth's magnetic north differs from its geographic north, how animals use geomagnetism for migration purposes, and the source of the magnetic field
9781615190317 9781615191321
Geomagnetism -- History
Geophysics -- History
Geophysicists -- History
538.72