Our Magnetic Earth - The Science of Geomagnetism

Informationen zum Autor Ronald T. Merrill is professor emeritus of earth and space sciences at the University of Washington. In 2002 he was awarded the John Adam Fleming Medal of the American Geophysical Union. Klappentext For the general public! magnetism often seems more the province of new age quacks! movie mad scientists! and grade-school teachers than an area of actual! ongoing scientific inquiry. The author reveals that geomagnetism is an area of science that offers answers to some of the biggest questions about our planet's past - and maybe even its future. Zusammenfassung For the general public! magnetism often seems more the province of new age quacks! movie mad scientists! and grade-school teachers than an area of actual! ongoing scientific inquiry. The author reveals that geomagnetism is an area of science that offers answers to some of the biggest questions about our planet's past - and maybe even its future.

Product details

• Authors: Ronald T. Merrill, Merrill Ronald T.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2010
• EAN: 9780226520506
• ISBN: 978-0-226-52050-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy; SCIENCE / Physics / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology, SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity, SCIENCE / Physics / Magnetism, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Electromagnetism, Physics, Biology, life sciences, Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism, Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism