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Our Beautiful Moon and its Mysterious Magnetism

A Long Voyage of Discovery

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  • © 2014

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Authors:
  1. Mike Fuller

    1. Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

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  • Summary of over 40 years of paleomagnetism research on the moon
  • Provides earth-moon-system background in an easy understandable way
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences (BRIEFSEARTH)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Moon in Antiquity and in the Development of Modern Science

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 1-14

  3. Lunar and Earth Sciences at the Time of the Apollo Landings

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 15-21

  4. The Birth of the Space Age and Unmanned Missions to the Moon

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 23-32

  5. Apollo: Getting to the Moon

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 33-45

  6. Advances in Lunar Science with Apollo

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 47-56

  7. The Earth’s Magnetism: Paleomagnetism as a Rosetta Stone for Earth History

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 57-66

  8. Lunar Paleomagnetism: Methods and Preliminaries

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 67-72

  9. Impact Related Shock on the Lunar Surface and the Lunar Paleomagnetic Record

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 73-84

  10. Lunar Paleomagnetism and the Case for an Early Lunar Dynamo

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 85-102

  11. Lunar Magnetism in the Grand Scheme of Lunar History

    • Mike Fuller
    Pages 103-110

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 111-130
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About this book

This book is a summary of the history of discovering the moon. The author has been involved in the Apollo program, working with its samples and this book covers these efforts. It describes the analysis methods of lunar samples and their interpretation to understand lunar paleomagnetism. The book has adopted an historical approach throughout, tracing the development of the ideas of the Earth-moon system, of the birth of the space age, of paleomagnetism and finally of lunar magnetism and its evidence for an early lunar dynamo.

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“This very readable work, part of the ‘SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences’ series, traces the history of geologic understanding of the moon, with a particular focus on magnetism. … The book has merit in documenting and summarizing this history, and might serve as a reading assignment for an upper-level seminar. Figure quality is functional. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through professionals/practitioners.” (I. D. Sasowsky, Choice, Vol. 51 (10), June, 2014)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, USA

    Mike Fuller

About the author

Education:
B.S., Natural Science, Cambridge University, 1958
Ph.D., Department of Geodesy and Geophysics, Cambridge University, 1961

Positions:
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1961-62.
Gulf Research and Development Laboratory, Research Geophysicist, 1962-65.
University of Pittsburgh, Associate Professor, 1965-68, Professor, 1968-74, (Chair, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, 1966-1972).
University of California, Santa Barbara, Professor, 1974-1994 (Chair, Department of Geological Sciences, 1986-1991).
Professor Emeritus University of California, Santa Barbara, 1994-
Research Professor, University of Hawaii, HIGP-SOEST, Senior Researcher 1997-2010
HIGP Affiliate 2010

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