Iron, nature's universal element : why people need iron & animals make magnets / Eugenie Vorburger Mielczarek and Sharon Bertsch McGrayne.

Mielczarek (physics, George Mason U.) and science writer McGrayne explore the critical importance of the metal element in life from bacteria to humans. They report on recent discoveries about iron and magnetism in bacteria, in myriad animal and plant species, and in humans, such as that many migrati...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Internet Archive)
Main Author:	Mielczarek, Eugenie V.
Other Authors:	McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2000.
Subjects:	Iron > Physiological effect. Iron in the body. Biomagnetism. Magnetoreception. Iron > physiology. Magnetics.