Bibliograph

North Pole, South Pole, the epic quest to solve the great mystery of Earth's magnetism, Gillian Turner

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North Pole, South Pole, the epic quest to solve the great mystery of Earth's magnetism, Gillian Turner

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

mapsillustrationsportraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

North Pole, South Pole

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

644667639

Responsibility statement

Gillian Turner

Sub title

the epic quest to solve the great mystery of Earth's magnetism

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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