Magnet
(Sprache: Englisch)
The magnet has been in existence for more than 13 billion years, born just after the big bang. Magnets were used by ancient cultures for architecture, alignment and art. They are in MRIs, maglev trains, tape recorders, and other technologies. From the...
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The magnet has been in existence for more than 13 billion years, born just after the big bang. Magnets were used by ancient cultures for architecture, alignment and art. They are in MRIs, maglev trains, tape recorders, and other technologies. From the physical to the metaphorical, our language is littered with magnetic allusions: magnetic personalities, animal magnetism, Mesmerism. Since humans began to write about it two thousand years ago, the magnet has inspired tales of myth, magic, exploration, science, and art. Eva Barbarossa weaves together these stories of ancient and modern wonders, of discovery and creation, of madness and desire, of beauty and awe, taking us from the spectacle of the aurora borealis to the disastrous searches for magnetic north.
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Prologue In which I eat hundreds of magnets.1. Birth In which humans find a stone with magical properties.
2. Earth In which we discover we live on an ancient magnet.
3. Home In which we use magnets to find our way.
4. Alignment In which man and beast align to the magnetic fields.
5. North In which we hunt for polar magnets.
6. Health In which we believe magnets harm and heal.
7. Transcendence In which magnetic fluids provide hope.
8. Tricks In which we use magnets to make trouble.
9. Toys In which we find magnets for play and pedagogy.
10. Technology In which everything needs a magnet.
Afterword In which I do not eat more magnets.
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Autoren-Porträt von Eva Barbarossa
Eva Barbarossa is a writer and researcher based in Los Angeles and Italy. Her writing has appeared in The Contemporary Review of Fiction, Surface Magazine, and The Island Review.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Eva Barbarossa
- 160 Seiten, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Christopher Schaberg, Ian Bogost
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic
- ISBN-10: 1501348752
- ISBN-13: 9781501348754
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.09.2019
Sprache:
Englisch
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