Epilogue
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
Summary
Magnetic Atoms, such as Iron, keep
Unpaired Electrons in their middle shell,
Each one a spinning Magnet that would leap
The Bloch Walls whereat antiparallel
Domains converge. Diffuse Material
Becomes Magnetic when another Field
Aligns domains like Seaweed in a swell
How nicely microscopic forces yield,
In Units growing invisible, the World we wield!
John Updike, from “The Dance of the Solids,” Midpoint and Other Poems, 1969.- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Magnetic MaterialsFundamentals and Applications, pp. 229Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010