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  • Course Number / Code:
  • 3.A08 (Fall 2005) 
  • Course Title:
  • Attraction and Repulsion: The Magic of Magnets 
  • Course Level:
  • Undergraduate 
  • Offered by :
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
    Massachusetts, United States  
  • Department:
  • Materials Science and Engineering 
  • Course Instructor(s):
  • Dr. James Livingston 
  • Course Introduction:
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  • 3.A08 Attraction and Repulsion: The Magic of Magnets



    Fall 2005




    Course Highlights


    This course features a list of magnetism-related research at MIT in the syllabus section and a thorough list of introductory readings on magnets and their applications.


    Course Description


    This Freshman Advising Seminar surveys the many applications of magnets and magnetism. To the Chinese and Greeks of ancient times, the attractive and repulsive forces between magnets must have seemed magical indeed. Through the ages, miraculous curative powers have been attributed to magnets, and magnets have been used by illusionists to produce "magical" effects. Magnets guided ships in the Age of Exploration and generated the electrical industry in the 19th century. Today they store information and entertainment on disks and tapes, and produce sound in speakers, images on TV screens, rotation in motors, and levitation in high-speed trains. Students visit various MIT projects related to magnets (including superconducting electromagnets) and read about and discuss the history, legends, pseudoscience, science, and technology of types of magnets, including applications in medicine. Several short written reports and at least one oral presentation will be required of each participant.
     

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