Magnets in Space. The Nature and Principles of Cosmic Magnetism

Dmitry Sokolov's book is conceived not as a study of the world of physical phenomena, but in many ways as a saga about science itself. By talking about magnetic fields, the author is eager to show how and why physicists work.

 

How are the magnetic fields of distant stars arranged? Where do they come from, how do they differ, how and what do they affect? How can the Earth's magnetic field be changed and what are the ways of observing it? What is the phenomenon of the Kursk Magnetic Anomaly? What is the structure of magnetic fields of spiral galaxies and the Sun and how are magnetic cycles that scientists tried to monitor for a long period linked with them? The answers to these and many other questions are supplemented by curious facts from the lives of scientists and the history of national and world science.