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Author Turner, Gillian M.

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

Publication Info. New York, NY : The Experiment, 2011.
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  538.7 TURNER    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  538.72 TUR    Check Shelf
Edition First North American edition.
Description xvi, 272 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
Note Originally published: Wellington, N.Z. : Awa Press, 2010.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index.
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.
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.
Subject North Pole.
South Pole.
Geomagnetism.
Geophysics -- History.
Geophysicists -- History.
ISBN 9781615190317 paperback $15.95
1615190317 paperback
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