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| Title: | Mondo Magnets
: 40 Attractive (and Repulsive) Devices & Demonstrations |
| Author: | Fred Jeffers |
| ISBN: | 155652630X : 9781556526305 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 175x255mm |
| Pages: | 152 |
| Weight: | .452 Kg. |
| Published: | IPG (Chicago Review Press) - March 2007 |
| List Price: | 11.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Electricity; magnetism & electromagnetism |
Surprising and seemingly impossible effects result from the 40 experiments included in this fascinating science resource -- all based on real magnetic physics. Each experiment -- such as using a common refrigerator magnet to create a three-dimensional image or floating a magnet and carbon sheet in midair -- is outlined with step-by-step instructions and diagrams that illustrate the key concepts of magnetism. Even the most experienced science teacher or at-home tinkerer will find dozens of new tricks in this amazing collection.
Introduction; Magnetic Money, Rocks, Beach Sand, Total" Cereal, and Dirt; The Super Strong Magnetic Nail; The Magic Table Knives; The Mysterious Magnetic Arch; The Strange "Zinging" Magnets; The Amazing Magnets That Fall Through Each Other; The Magic Magnetic Mountain; The Magnetic "Hedgehog"; Mercurial Water; The Magnetic Jumping Jack; The Nail That Stands on Its Point and One That Won't; The Invisible Magnetic Bowl; Why the Magnet Stays in the Hole; The Washers and the Coat Hanger; The Strange, Reversing Magnetic Field; The Compass That Points Only North or South; The Mysterious Compass That Changes Its Mind; The Floating Globe; The Super Levitron" Floating Top; The Floating Magnet; The Floating Sheet of Carbon; The Rolling Disk; The Red Sea Effect; Invisible Magnetic "Syrup"; A Magnetostatic Linear Accelerator; The One-Candle-Powered Pendulum; The Amazing Lengthening (or Shortening) Magnetic Materials; The Crazy Spinning Balls; The Spinning Ball That Rolls East or West, but Not North or South; The Popping Magnet; The Rolling Magnets; The Little Motor That Shouldn't Run, but Does Anyway; The Magnetic Picture Sheet; The Strange Magnetic Physics Taking Place on Your Refrigerator; Magnetic Recording Made Visible; The Amazing Magnetic Hot Glue; The Magnetic Patterns That Can't Be Erased; The Sliding Magnet; Magnetic Bacteria; The Earth as a Magnetic Recorder; Index.
