North Pole, South Pole: The Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth's Magnetism by Gillian Turner

North Pole, South Pole: The Epic Quest to Solve the Great Mystery of Earth's Magnetism

Gillian Turner

288 pages digital 2010

4 editions

nonfiction history science informative slow-paced
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Why do compass needles point north—but not quite north? What guides the migration of birds, whales, and fish across the world’s oceans? How is Earth able to sustain life under an onslaught of solar wind and cosmic radiation? For centuries, the wor...

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