EDITORIAL INFORMATION

Magnetismo is a general vision of this topic in its different aspects: its history, its first researchers, its industrial applications, etc. It proposes practical experiments and projects to be carried out at home and at the laboratory. Mention must be made of such aspects as microwaves, lasers, electronic microscopes, and especially, biomagnetism in its medical applications, and their current importance.

(Extracted from the back cover).

GENERAL TABLE OF CONTENTS

-Contenido.

-Agradecimientos.

-Introducción.

-1- ¿Qué Es el Magnetismo?

-2- Historia del Magnetismo.

-3- Materiales Magnéticos.

-4- Los Primeros Años del Electromagnetismo.

-5- El Silencioso Gigante de Nuestros Días.

-6- El Magnetismo en la Industria.

-7- Circuitos DC.

-8- Circuitos de Alterna.

-9- Motores DC y Generadores.

-10- El Electromagnetismo en Casa.

-11- El Magnetismo en la Ciencia.

-12- Biomagnetismo.

-13- Experimentos.

-14- Proyectos.

-Indice.

OUR REVIEW

If you want to learn what magnetism is and how it has influenced (and still influences) our lives, you can't but read this book by Wood. With it, we will have a look at the history of this subject and get to know its wide range of uses in numerous aspects in our lives, not only at home but also in our work and other areas. The exploitation of the magnetic properties has given rise to revolutionary inventions we could not do without, such as generators and electric engines, the compass, etc. Yet in the near future such promising applications as superconductors and magnetic levitation, perhaps allowing our trains to reach very high speeds with the utmost safety, are already foreseen.

Robert Wood, an expert in such themes as electricity and electromagnetism, is the most adequate person to bring to our reach everything we need to know about this. His work does not involve thorny mathematical demonstrations, so as to get us involved in the most exciting parts in the study of these questions. Besides, he offers us a very interesting series of practical experiences through which we can learn faster and in a more pleasant way how a compass, an electromagnet, etc. work. He also provides us with several more advanced projects through which he describes us how to build a simple electric engine, a repulsion coil, etc.