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  • The Magnetic Declination

    A History of the Compass

    de Mioara Mandea ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book aims then to describe in a comprehensible way efforts made over centuries of measuring and understanding the magnetic declination. The book also highlights some important characteristics of the Earth’s magnetic field thanks to the declination measurements. Some applications and societal implications are also underlined.Anyone living in the 21st century knows the best way to navigate is ... Leer más

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  • Geomagnetism, Aeronomy and Space Weather

    A Journey from the Earth's Core to the Sun

    Series Libro 4 - Special Publications of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
    On the centenary of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, this book reviews the state-of-the-art research in geomagnetism, aeronomy and space weather. Written by eminent researchers from these fields, it summarises the advances in research over the past 100 years, and looks ahead to current and emerging studies on Earth's magnetic field. It provides a comprehensive overview of the ... Leer más

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  • The Physics Book

    Big Ideas Simply Explained

    de DK ...
    Series series DK Big Ideas
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  • North Pole, South Pole

    The Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth's Magnetism

    This "fantastic story" of one of physics' great riddles takes us through centuries of scientific history (Simon Lamb, author of Devil in the Mountain).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 ... Leer más

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  • Firmament

    The Hidden Science of Weather, Climate Change and the Air That Surrounds Us

    de Simon Clark ...
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  • Quantum Mechanics 1: Particles & Waves

    Series series Everyone's Guide Series
    With this book you begin exploring the mysterious world of Quantum Mechanics — two words that have for over 100 years struck terror in the hearts of both physics students and the general public. As we shall see, the behavior of nature is remarkably surprising in the micro-world of molecules, atoms, and everything smaller yet. But this should be a surprise of wonder instead of terror. For most of ... Leer más

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  • Magnetism: A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    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. For centuries magnetism has been used for various exploits; ... Leer más

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  • Archimedes to Hawking

    Laws of Science and the Great Minds Behind Them

    Archimedes to Hawking takes the reader on a journey across the centuries as it explores the eponymous physical laws--from Archimedes' Law of Buoyancy and Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and Hubble's Law of Cosmic Expansion--whose ramifications have profoundly altered our everyday lives and our understanding of the universe. Throughout this fascinating book, ... Leer más

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  • The Sun, Stars, and Galaxies

    Series series The Solar System
    Most avid sky gazers wait until nightfall to catch a glimpse of the stars that are scattered across the heavens. The fact of the matter is that one needs only to feel the Sun’s rays in order to experience the presence of a star. The Sun is an ordinary star, a ball of hot gas much like millions of others in the universe, but as the center of the solar system, it is critical to the survival of all ... Leer más

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  • The Spinning Magnet

    The Electromagnetic Force That Created the Modern World--and Could Destroy It

    The mystery of Earth's invisible, life-supporting powerAlanna Mitchell's globe-trotting history of the science of electromagnetism and the Earth's magnetic field--right up to the latest indications that the North and South Poles may soon reverse, with apocalyptic results--will soon change the way you think about our planet.Award-winning journalist Alanna Mitchell's science storytelling introduce ... Leer más

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  • Measuring the Universe

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    Suppose you and I still wondered whether all of the pinpoints of light in the night sky are the same distance from us. Suppose none of our contemporaries could tell us whether the Sun orbits the Earth, or vice versa, or even how large the Earth is. Suppose no one had guessed there are mathematical laws underlying the motions of the heavens.How would - how did - anyone begin to discover these ... Leer más

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  • The Elements

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