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The Mechanical Universe 34
Magnetism |
The Mechanical Universe 34 - Magnetism
Gilbert discovered that the earth behaves like a giant magnet. Modern scientists have learned even more.
Ch Frame Code Title
1 A Opening Sequence
2 02295 G Gilbert's Discoveries Regarding Magnetism
3 06168 V Earth And Planets From Space
4 07094 V Penguins At The South Pole
5 07774 V The Earth's Aurora
6 08254 G The Effect Of Temperature On Magnetism
7 13286 V The South Pole
8 13546 A Force Laws For Magnetic Poles
9 15256 V Astronomical Scenes
10 16739 H Gilbert's Contributions To Magnetism
11 17649 A Magnetic Fields
12 18663 A The Earth's Dipole Field
13 19215 V Marine Using A Compass
14 20843 A A Magnet In A Magnetic Field
15 21747 V Marine Using Compass
16 22673 V Scientist Discussing Earth's Magnetic Field
17 23033 A Solar Wind And Earth's Magnetic Field
18 23696 A Electric Flux
19 24961 A Gauss's Law
20 26389 A Magnetic Flux
21 27073 A Gauss's Law For Magnetism
22 27958 A Earth's Magnetic Flux
23 28413 V Scientist Discussing Earth's Magnetic Field
24 29508 A The Earth's Magnetic Field
25 30176 A Earth's Early Explorers
26 30567 V Scientist Discussing Earth's Magnetic Field
27 31690 V Planet Eclipsing A Star
28 32096 V Scientist Discussing Sunspots
29 32506 V Sunspots
30 32744 V Scientist Discussing Sunspots
31 33493 V Sunspots And Solar Prominences
32 34223 V Scientist Discussing The Solar Wind
33 35412 V Solar Corona And The Solar Wind
34 35817 V Scientist Discussing The Solar Wind
35 36517 A The Lorentz Force
36 38137 A Van Allen Radiation Belts
37 38573 V Aurora
38 39056 V Scientist Discussing Earth's Magnetic Field
39 39465 A Other Planet's Magnetic Fields
40 39749 V Scientist Discussing Venus
41 40310 V Earth From Space
42 40675 G Peregrinus's Contributions To Magnetism
47070 credits
Should be titled "Planetary Magnetism". Animations Chs 18-21 on flux and Chs 35-36 on the Lorentz force may be useful but the rest is not useful for a general lecture on magnetism.
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Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007