Alberto P. Guimarães is an Emeritus Researcher at the Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF) in Rio de Janeiro and is a specialist in magnetism. He obtained his Ph. D. at the University of Manchester, England. He is the author of the books Principles of Nanomagnetism, Springer, 2nd edition (2017), From Lodestone to Supermagnets: Understanding Magnetic Phenomena, Wiley-VCH (2005), and Magnetism and Magnetic Resonance in Solids, John Wiley (1998). Published in Portuguese: Introdução ao Magnetismo (2022), Forças de Atração (2021), A Pedra com Alma (2011), Magnetismo e Ressonância Magnética em Sólidos (2009).
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A Longstanding Attraction
Alberto P. Guimarães
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Magic of the Magnet.- Chapter 2. The Stone with a Soul: Stones that Attract.- Chapter 3. The Finger of God: Two Treaties on Magnetism.- Chapter 4. A Very Feeble Effect: Magnets and Electricity.- Chapter 5. “Acting Where It Is Not”: Magnetism and Action at a Distance.- Chapter 6. The Secrets of Matter: Like Flies in a Cathedral.- Chapter 7. Magnets Large and Small.- Chapter 8. Magnetism...
