The magnetic universe : the elusive traces of an invisible force / J.B. Zirker.

Author: Zirker, Jack B.

Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2009.

Descriptionix, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:Getting reacquainted with magnetism -- The Earth -- Sunspots and the solar cycle -- The violent sun -- The heliosphere : winds, waves and fields -- The Earth's magnetosphere and space weather -- The planets -- Magnetic fields and the birth of stars -- Abnormal stars -- Compact objects -- The galaxies -- Something from nothing : seed fields.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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