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Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 173 mm, Gewicht: 128 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

Blundell

Magnetism

A Very Short Introduction
1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-960120-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press

A Very Short Introduction

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 111 mm x 173 mm, Gewicht: 128 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

ISBN: 978-0-19-960120-2
Verlag: Oxford University Press


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; through compasses it gave us navigation and through motors, generators, and turbines it has given us power. Blundell explores our understanding of electricity and magnetism, from the work of Galvani, Ampere, Faraday, and Tesla, and goes on to explore how Maxwell and Faraday's work led to the unification of electricity and magnetism, thought of as one of the
most imaginative developments in theoretical physics.

With a discussion of the relationship between magnetism and relativity, quantum magnetism, and its impact on computers and information storage, Blundell shows how magnetism has changed our fundamental understanding of the Universe.

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Students of the physical sciences and engineering as well as to general readers interested in this topic.


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Weitere Infos & Material


1: Mysterious attraction?
2: The Earth as a magnet
3: Current affairs
4: Unification
5: It's all relative
6: Quantum magnetism
7: Spin
8: The magnetic library
9: Magnetism on Earth and in space
10: Exotic magnetism
Mathematical Appendix
Further reading


Blundell, Stephen J
Stephen J. Blundell is Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Mansfield College. He is actively researching the phenomena of magnetism and superconductivity and has published over 200 research papers on the topic, as well as three books, Magnetism in Condensed Matter (OUP, 2001), Concepts in Thermal Physics (with K.M. Blundell) (OUP, 2006), and Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2009).

Stephen J. Blundell is Professor of Physics at Oxford University and a Fellow of Mansfield College. He is actively researching the phenomena of magnetism and superconductivity and has published numerous research papers on these topics, as well as three books, Magnetism in Condensed Matter (OUP, 2001), Concepts in Thermal Physics (with K.M. Blundell) (OUP, 2006), and Superconductivity: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2009).



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