Magnet Paperback / softback
by Eva (Independent Scholar, Independent Scholar, USA) Barbarossa
Part of the Object Lessons series
Paperback / softback
Description
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
For over two thousand years magnets have inspired tales of myth, magic, exploration, science, and art.
From the physical to the metaphorical, our language is littered with magnetic allusions: magnetic personalities, animal magnetism, mesmerism, and magnetic attraction.
We take them for granted yet magnets are essential to our existence--as important as gravity--and to our survival on this planet and in this universe. Eva Barbarossa's Magnet weaves together stories of ancient and modern wonders, of discovery and creation, of madness and desire, of beauty and awe, taking us from the spectacle of the aurora borealis to the disastrous searches for the North Pole. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:19/09/2019
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- ISBN:9781501348754
Information
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:136 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication Date:19/09/2019
- Category:
- ISBN:9781501348754
