Driving force : the natural magic of magnets
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Driving force : the natural magic of magnets
Harvard University Press, c1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-298) and index
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:hard ISBN 9780674216440
内容説明
What causes your cassettes or CD player to make music? Stores information on your credit card? Forms images on your computer monitor, your TV screen? Generates electricity and delivers it to your home? The same force that keeps your grocery list stuck to the refrigerator: the magnet. This book tells the story of a force of nature - the "natural magic" of magnetism - that drives the motors of modern life. "Driving Force" unfolds the history of magnets: how they guided (or misguided) Columbus; mesmerized 18th-century Paris but failed to fool Benjamin Franklin; lifted AC power over its rival, DC, despite all the animals, one human among them, executed along the way; led Einstein to the theory of relativity; helped defeat Hitler's U-boats; inspired writers from Plato to Dave Barry. James Livingston shows us how scientists today are creating magnets and superconductors that can levitate high-speed trains, produce images of our internal organs, steer high-energy particles in giant accelerators, and heat our morning coffee. The book should inform technical and nontechnical readers alike, and should give them a clearer sense of the force behind so much of the working world.
目次
- Part 1 A magical force: Einstein and me
- paper clips and refrigerators
- James Bond and Jaws
- hidden magnets
- facts about force. Part 2 Romancing the stones: "A perverse wilfulness"
- loving stones
- inside the loving stones
- romancing afar
- looking for lodestones
- a magnetic love song. Part 3 Magnus magnes: the great magnet
- reading the rocks
- undercurrents
- cosmic currents
- biocompasses. Part 4 Supermagnets: a new science
- the elements of things
- improving on lodestones
- better and bitter
- electromagnets
- microthings and megathings. Part 5 Superconducting magnets: amps, volts, and ohms
- the big chill
- superconductors and ohmless electromagnets
- big and little science
- the woodstock of physics. Part 6 Inside magnets and superconductors: In a spin
- the magnetic domain
- harder and softer
- hard superconductors. Part 7 Attractors, movers, and shakers: using the force
- attractors
- movers
- shakers, woofers, and tweeters. Part 8 AC, RF, TV, and EAS: AC/DC
- catching the waves
- catching the crooks
- improving on iron. Part 9 Thanks for the memories: remembering things passed
- bugs and bits
- a future in films. Part 10 Up with magnets: fighting with levity
- Maglev
- bearing up
- flying trains. Part 11 Magnets at war: Hitler's secret weapon
- hunting for red October
- magnetrons and radar
- calutrons and little boy. Part 12 Magnets at play: child's play
- magnets in fiction
- magnets of magic
- supersenses. Part 13 Mesmerism and magnetic therapy: healing with magnets
- animal magnetism
- mineral magnetism. Part 14 Medicine and MRI: magnets in medicine
- personal images
- nuclear magnets
- magnetic resonance
- the image technology
- magnets for MRI. Part 15 Biomagnetism: living magnets
- the magnetic mind
- killers Gauss? the birds and bees. Part 16 Source of the force: Clark Kent and Superman
- Alice and the Red Queen
- Dave Barry and virtual effluvium. Part 17 Pulling it together: magical mystery tour
- wonders of the World.
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:pbk ISBN 9780674216457
内容説明
Driving Force unfolds the long and colorful history of magnets: how they guided (or misguided) Columbus; mesmerized eighteenth-century Paris but failed to fool Benjamin Franklin; lifted AC power over its rival, DC, despite all the animals, one human among them, executed along the way; led Einstein to the theory of relativity; helped defeat Hitler's U-boats; inspired writers from Plato to Dave Barry. In a way that will delight and instruct even the nonmathematical among us, James Livingston shows us how scientists today are creating magnets and superconductors that can levitate high-speed trains, produce images of our internal organs, steer high-energy particles in giant accelerators, and--last but not least--heat our morning coffee.
From the "new" science of materials to everyday technology, Driving Force makes the workings of magnets a matter of practical wonder. The book will inform and entertain technical and nontechnical readers alike and will give them a clearer sense of the force behind so much of the working world.
目次
Preface 1. A Magical Force Einstein and Me Paper Clips and Refrigerators James Bond and Jaws Hidden Magnets Facts about the Force 2. Romancing the Stones "A Perverse Willfulness" Loving Stones Inside the Loving Stones Romancing from Afar Looking for Lodestones A Magnetic Love Song 3. Magnus Magnes The Great Magnet Reading the Rocks Undercurrents Cosmic Currents Biocompasses 4. Supermagnets A New Science The Elements of Things Improving on Lodestones Better and Bitter Electromagnets Microthings and Megathings 5. Superconducting Magnets Amps, Volts, and Ohms The Big Chill Superconductors and Ohmless Electromagnets Big and Little Science The Woodstock of Physics 6. Inside Magnets and Superconductors In a Spin The Magnetic Domain Harder and Softer Hard Superconductors 7. Attractors, Movers, and Shakers Using the Force Attractors Movers Shakers, Woofers, and Tweeters 8. AC, RF TV, and EAS AC/DC Catching the Waves Catching the Crooks Improving on Iron 9. Thanks for the Memories Remembering Things Passed Bugs and Bits A Future in Films 10. Up with Magnets! Fighting Gravity with Levity Maglev Bearing Up Flying Trains 11. Magnets at War Hitler's Secret Weapon Hunting for Red October Magnetrons and Radar Calutrons and Little Boy 12. Magnets at Play Child's Play Magnets in Fiction Magnets of Magic Supersenses 13. Mesmerism and Magnetic Therapy Healing with Magnets Animal Magnetism Mineral Magnetism 14. Medicine and MRI Magnets in Medicine Personal Images Nuclear Magnets Magnetic Resonance The Imaging Technology Magnets for MRI 15. Biomagnetism Living Magnets The Magnetic Mind Killer Gauss? The Birds and Bees 16. Source of the Force Clark Kent and Superman Alice and the Red Queen Dave Barry and Virtual Effluvium 17. Pulling It Together Magical Mystery Tour Wonders of the World Sources and Suggested Readings Acknowledgments Index
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