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ISBN
9780199601202 (10-digit ISBN: 0199601208)
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- Series Description
- Explains a fundamental scientific topic and its importance in an accessible way
- Considers early theories of magnetism including the discovery that the Earth itself is a magnet
- Explores the work of Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell in unifying magnetism and electricity
- Looks at the quantum mechanical aspects of magnetism
- Considers its importance in modern technology, including magnetic storage in computers and the magnetic fields of planets and stars
- Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over five million copies sold worldwide
Magnetism is a strange force, mysteriously attracting one object to another apparently through empty space. It has been claimed as a great healer, with magnetic therapies being proposed over the centuries and still popular today. Why are its mysterious important to solve? In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen J. Blundell explains why.
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible.
Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library.
Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
Magnetism is a strange force, mysteriously attracting one object to another apparently through empty space. It has been claimed as a great healer, with magnetic therapies being proposed over the centuries and still popular today. Why are its mysterious important to solve? In this Very Short Introduction, Stephen J. Blundell explains why.
- Explains a fundamental scientific topic and its importance in an accessible way
- Considers early theories of magnetism including the discovery that the Earth itself is a magnet
- Explores the work of Michael Faraday and James Clerk Maxwell in unifying magnetism and electricity
- Looks at the quantum mechanical aspects of magnetism
- Considers its importance in modern technology, including magnetic storage in computers and the magnetic fields of planets and stars
- Part of the bestselling Very Short Introductions series - over five million copies sold worldwide
Series Description
Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible.
Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library.
Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable.
Please note: As this series is not ELT material, these titles are not subject to discount.
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