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Books : Driving Force: The Natural Magic of Magnets
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 538.4
EAN: 9780674216440
Edition: 1
ISBN: 067421644X
Label: Harvard University Press
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 334
Publication Date: April 01, 1996
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Studio: Harvard University Press
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
Here's one you may not have thought about in a while: Magnets, how do they work and what do they do? Well, James D. Livingston, a former specialist in magnetic research for General Electric, has answers for you in this look at the technological marvels performed by the power of magnets. "Very few of the teenagers listening to the latest rock or rap through their earphones today," he writes, "realize the debt they owe to improved permanent magnets." No doubt. But as Livingston points out, magnets are at the core of videocassette recorders, telephones, radios, cassette recorders, washers, dryers, vacuum cleaners, clocks, printers and television. And you thought they were just something you stuck on the refrigerator door.
Product Description:
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.
Rating:
- Entertaining and excellent
I very much enjoyed this book. The writing style made it a pleasure to read. I downgraded it one star because it doesn't much cover the newer neodymium magnets nor how magnet manufacture has shifted to Japan and primarily China.
Rating:
- A great book on a subject which is universally appealing
Did you know that Einstein got his start in science from a fascination with the compass? Did you know that Columbus' magnetic compass was his most prized possession on his transatlantic voyages? Did you know that some bacteria contain lined up magnetite chunks in a form of primitive backbone that also provide crude directional guidance? Did you know that the geographic north pole of the earth is actually a magnetic south pole? Did you know that the most celebrated innovation presented at the ... Read More
Rating: - The title has triple meaning
The author starts this book by the story of Albert Einstein at the age of four or five, when his father showed him a compass needle. The behavior of the needle gave a deep and lasting impression on young Einstein. Then the author describes ten facts about the magnetic force in earlier chapters. Using these facts, he gives detailed explanations on the workings of various magnetic devices and the modern technologies of magnets in plain words. The topics covered includes superconducting magnets, ... Read More
Rating: - Great Book; Educational, Interesting and Fun
This is the best book I have ever read on the subject of magnets and magnetism. It is very up to date and includes current technology of magnets and many applications that most people take for granted. Also, the manner in which this book is written makes it suitable for a wide range of age groups. For the most part it is not real technical or mathematical and can be enjoyed by all. If you have an ounce of curiosity about magnets, magnetism or science you will love this book. I am on my third ... Read More
Rating: - I wish I had written it
Please see my review of this book, "Fields of Influence," in Nature, Vol. 380, 25 April 1996, p. 679. I wish it had been around when I was in high school...or even years later as a graduate student in physics.
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Driving Force: The Natural Magic of Magnets
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Dewey Decimal Number: 538.4
EAN: 9780674216440
Edition: 1
ISBN: 067421644X
Label: Harvard University Press
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 334
Publication Date: April 01, 1996
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Studio: Harvard University Press
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Review:
Here's one you may not have thought about in a while: Magnets, how do they work and what do they do? Well, James D. Livingston, a former specialist in magnetic research for General Electric, has answers for you in this look at the technological marvels performed by the power of magnets. "Very few of the teenagers listening to the latest rock or rap through their earphones today," he writes, "realize the debt they owe to improved permanent magnets." No doubt. But as Livingston points out, magnets are at the core of videocassette recorders, telephones, radios, cassette recorders, washers, dryers, vacuum cleaners, clocks, printers and television. And you thought they were just something you stuck on the refrigerator door.
Product Description:
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.
Average Rating: 
Rating:
- Entertaining and excellentI very much enjoyed this book. The writing style made it a pleasure to read. I downgraded it one star because it doesn't much cover the newer neodymium magnets nor how magnet manufacture has shifted to Japan and primarily China.
Rating:
- A great book on a subject which is universally appealingDid you know that Einstein got his start in science from a fascination with the compass? Did you know that Columbus' magnetic compass was his most prized possession on his transatlantic voyages? Did you know that some bacteria contain lined up magnetite chunks in a form of primitive backbone that also provide crude directional guidance? Did you know that the geographic north pole of the earth is actually a magnetic south pole? Did you know that the most celebrated innovation presented at the ... Read More
Rating:
- The title has triple meaningThe author starts this book by the story of Albert Einstein at the age of four or five, when his father showed him a compass needle. The behavior of the needle gave a deep and lasting impression on young Einstein. Then the author describes ten facts about the magnetic force in earlier chapters. Using these facts, he gives detailed explanations on the workings of various magnetic devices and the modern technologies of magnets in plain words. The topics covered includes superconducting magnets, ... Read More
Rating:
- Great Book; Educational, Interesting and FunThis is the best book I have ever read on the subject of magnets and magnetism. It is very up to date and includes current technology of magnets and many applications that most people take for granted. Also, the manner in which this book is written makes it suitable for a wide range of age groups. For the most part it is not real technical or mathematical and can be enjoyed by all. If you have an ounce of curiosity about magnets, magnetism or science you will love this book. I am on my third ... Read More
Rating:
- I wish I had written itPlease see my review of this book, "Fields of Influence," in Nature, Vol. 380, 25 April 1996, p. 679. I wish it had been around when I was in high school...or even years later as a graduate student in physics.
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