This book covers a great variety of magnetic phenomena. In fact, I don't think there is any other kind of phenomenon left out. So the variety is not just many variations on a theme. Yes there are inspired variariations -- but on several themes. But also some other phenomena most folks don't cover. The book does better than the video in explaining the magnetic mechanistics. I find it all 100% accessible, but I know alot about magnetism already. If only I could be sure that enough background was given for the magnetics novice to understand the explanations given, then I'd go to the 5th star. For the variety of variations, for the variety of phenomena, for the inspired implications, for the surprising results that are given explanations -- this book is a gem.
Author(s): Fred Jeffers
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 161
Copyright
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Contents
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Introduction
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1 Magnetic Money, Rocks, Beach Sand, Total® Cereal, and Dirt
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2 The Super Strong Magnetic Nail
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3 The Magic Table Knives
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4 The Mysterious Magnetic Arch
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5 The Strange “Zinging” Magnets
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6 The Amazing Magnets That Fall Through Each Other
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7 The Magic Magnetic Mountain
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8 The Magnetic “Hedgehog”
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9 Mercurial Water
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10 The Magnetic Jumping Jack
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11 The Nail That Stands on Its Point and One That Won’t
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12 The Invisible Magnetic Bowl
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13 Why the Magnet Stays in the Hole
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14 The Washers and the Coat Hanger
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15 The Strange, Reversing Magnetic Field
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16 The Compass That Points Only North or South
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17 The Mysterious Compass That Changes Its Mind
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18 The Floating Globe
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19 The Super Levitron® Floating Top
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20 The Floating Magnet
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21 The Floating Sheet of Carbon
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22 The Rolling Disk
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23 The Red Sea Effect
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24 Invisible Magnetic “Syrup”
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25 A Magnetostatic Linear Accelerator
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26 The One-Candle-Powered Pendulum
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27 The Amazing Lengthening (or Shortening) Magnetic Materials
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28 The Crazy Spinning Balls
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29 The Spinning Ball That Rolls East or West, but Not North or South
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30 The Popping Magnet
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31 The Rolling Magnets
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32 The Little Motor That Shouldn’t Run, but Does Anyway
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33 The Magnetic Picture Sheet
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34 The Strange Magnetic Physics Taking Place on Your Refrigerator
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35 Magnetic Recording Made Visible
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36 The Amazing Magnetic Hot Glue
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37 The Magnetic Patterns That Can’t Be Erased
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38 The Sliding Magnet
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39 Magnetic Bacteria
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40 The Earth as a Magnetic Recorder
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About the Author
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Index
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Also Available from Chicago Review Press
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