The magnetic universe
Subtitle: the elusive traces of an invisible force
By: J.B. Zirker.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9780801893018; 9780801893025
Subjects: Magnetic fields; Cosmic magnetic fields; Magnetism; Magnetosphere; Heliosphere (Ionosphere); Gravity
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting reacquainted with magnetism; title: The Earth; title: Sunspots and the solar cycle; title: The violent sun; title: The heliosphere : winds, waves and fields; title: The Earth's magnetosphere and space weather; title: The planets; title: Magnetic fields and the birth of stars; title: Abnormal stars; title: Compact objects; title: The galaxies; title: Something from nothing : seed fields.