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050 00 $aQC813$b.T87 2011
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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.
250 $a1st North American ed.
260 $aNew York, NY :$bThe Experiment,$cc2011.
300 $axvi, 272 p. :$bill., maps, ports ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: Wellington, N.Z. : Awa Press, 2010.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 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.
651 0 $aSouth Pole.
650 0 $aGeomagnetism$xHistory.
650 0 $aGeophysics$xHistory.
650 0 $aGeophysicists$xHistory.
650 7 $aGeomagnetism$xHistory.$2sears