{"product_id":"9781501348754","title":"Magnet","description":"Author: Barbarossa, Eva\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501348754\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Sep 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003cbr\u003eFor over two thousand years magnets have inspired tales of myth, magic, exploration, science, and art. From the physical to the metaphorical, our language is littered with magnetic allusions- magnetic personalities, animal magnetism, mesmerism, and magnetic attraction. We take them for granted yet magnets are essential to our existence--as important as gravity--and to our survival on this planet and in this universe.\u003cbr\u003eEva Barbarossa's \u003ci\u003eMagnet\u003c\/i\u003e weaves together 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 the North Pole. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619427635358,"sku":"UBD-9781501348754","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501348754.jpg?v=1773899394","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501348754","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}