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050 00 $aQC813$b.T87 2011
082 04 $a538.72$222
100 1 $aTurner, Gillian M.
245 10 $aNorth Pole, South Pole :$bthe epic quest to solve the great mystery of Earth's magnetism /$cGillian Turner.
246 30 $aEpic quest to solve the great mystery of Earth's magnetism
250 $a1st North American ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bThe Experiment,$c℗♭2011.
300 $axvi, 272 pages :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c21 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
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500 $aOriginally published: Wellington, N.Z. : Awa Press, 2010.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 257-258) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
520 $aDiscusses 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.
651 0 $aNorth Pole.
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650 0 $aGeophysics$xHistory.
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655 4 $aNonfiction.
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