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About the Author
GILLIAN TURNER, PHD, is a senior lecturer in physics and geophysics at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. The winner of numerous awards for excellence in teaching and science communication, Turner has published over fifty articles in scientific journals. She lives in Wellington with her husband, physicist Malcolm Ingham. This is her first book.
Table of Contents
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Illustrations
Main Characters
Introduction: The Revolutionary Politics of Consumption
1 The Mystery of Magnetism
2 Voyages of Discovery
3 Magnus Magnes
4 The Wandering Compass Needle
5 Measuring the Force
6 Of Forces and Fields
7 The Third Element
8 The Magnetic Crusade
9 The Core of the Matter
10 Reading the Rocks
11 Poles Flipped, Continents Adrift
12 The Story on the Seafloor
13 Unraveling the Record
14 In Search of a Solution
15 The Geodynamo
Epilogue
Glossary
Select Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Acknowledgments
Index
About the Author
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