North Pole, South Pole (The Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth's Magnetism)

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Why do compass needles point north—but not quite north? What guides the migration of birds, whales, and fish across the world’s oceans? How is Earth able to sustain life under an onslaught of solar wind and cosmic radiation? For centuries, the world’s great scientists have grappled with these questions, all rooted in the same phenomenon—Earth’s magnetism.

Over 2,000 years after the invention of the compass, Einstein called the source of Earth’s magnetic field one of greatest unsolved mysteries of physics. Here, for the first time, is the complete history of the quest to understand Earth’s magnetism—from the ancient Greeks’ fascination with lodestone, to the geological discovery that the North Pole has not always been in the North—and to the astonishing modern conclusions that finally revealed the true source.

Richly illustrated and skillfully told, North Pole, South Pole unfolds the human story behind the science: that of the inquisitive, persevering, and often dissenting thinkers who unlocked the secrets at our planet’s core.

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Product Details

Author:
Gillian Turner
Format:
Paperback
Pages:
288
Publisher:
The Experiment (January 11, 2011)
Language:
English
Audience:
General/trade
ISBN-13:
9781615190317
ISBN-10:
1615190317
Weight:
10.48oz
Dimensions:
5.6" x 8.3" x 0.8"
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