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Students and amateur astronomers alike will appreciate the readable prose and comprehensive coverage of The Magnetic Universe.

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Written in a clear, readable style, the book should be accessible to anyone with a high-school or college background in physics or astronomy. Physics Today 2010 An excellent, up-to-date overview of what is known about magnetism and its myriad manifestations in astrophysics... Highly recommended. Choice 2010 Extremely readable... The author's enthusiasm is apparent through every chapter. -- Nigel Weiss The Observatory 2010 Students and amateur astronomers alike will appreciate the readable prose and comprehensive coverage of this book. Spaceflight 2011

Table of Contents

Preface
1. Getting Reacquainted with Magnetism
2. The Earth
3. Sunspots and the Solar Cycle
4. The Violent Sun
5. The Heliosphere: Winds, Waves, and Fields
6. The Earth's Magnetosphere and Space Weather
7. The Planets
8. Magnetic Fields and the Birth of Stars
9. Abnormal Stars
10. Compact Objects
11. The Galaxies
12. Something From Nothing: Seed Fields
Notes
Index

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      Publisher Johns Hopkins University Press
      Published 26 January 2010
      ISBN-13 9780801893018
      978-0801893018
      ISBN-10 0801893011
      Also in:
      Astronomy, space and time Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Students and amateur astronomers alike will appreciate the readable prose and comprehensive coverage of The Magnetic Universe.

      Trade Review
      Written in a clear, readable style, the book should be accessible to anyone with a high-school or college background in physics or astronomy. Physics Today 2010 An excellent, up-to-date overview of what is known about magnetism and its myriad manifestations in astrophysics... Highly recommended. Choice 2010 Extremely readable... The author's enthusiasm is apparent through every chapter. -- Nigel Weiss The Observatory 2010 Students and amateur astronomers alike will appreciate the readable prose and comprehensive coverage of this book. Spaceflight 2011

      Table of Contents

      Preface
      1. Getting Reacquainted with Magnetism
      2. The Earth
      3. Sunspots and the Solar Cycle
      4. The Violent Sun
      5. The Heliosphere: Winds, Waves, and Fields
      6. The Earth's Magnetosphere and Space Weather
      7. The Planets
      8. Magnetic Fields and the Birth of Stars
      9. Abnormal Stars
      10. Compact Objects
      11. The Galaxies
      12. Something From Nothing: Seed Fields
      Notes
      Index

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