Magnet

Name: Magnet
Brand: Eva (Independent Scholar Barbarossa
SKU: 9781501348754
Price: 9.74 GBP
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by Eva (Independent Scholar Barbarossa

Title:

Magnet

Author:

Eva (Independent Scholar Barbarossa

Series (if any):

Object Lessons

Format:

Paperback

Number of pages:

136 pages

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

ISBN-13:

9781501348754

EAN:

9781501348754

Publication Date:

19/09/2019

Classifications:

Literature: history and criticism

Weight (g):

250

Dimensions (mm):

121 x 163 x 11

Publication Country:

United Kingdom

Language:

English

Condition:

New

Price:£9.74

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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.