What's wrong with this diagram of magnetic field lines?

[ZapperZ]

If there ever is a poster child on why you should never show bit and snippets of something and hope to get a rational discussion on it, this thread will be it!

This has been a complete waste of time.

Zz.

 

[Crazymechanic]

http://www.theoldscientist.co.uk/Documents/Books/Magnetism-and-Its-Effects-on-the-Living-System-by-Roy-Davis-and-Rawls.pdf here is the link to the book online go and check it out I strongly suggest to everyone.

The book is pure crap.BEWARE

@magnetics , I hope you do realize that this book is wrong , have you been reading it a lot? If you have some messed up things in your head feel free to ask them here so that we can try to clear this up.

 

[magnetics]

Reading their rationale they also say that...
"a magnet has a magnetic equator and it is at this point where the spins of electrons change their phase relationship and present us two fields of energies and two different potentials of magnetic energy."
They say the magnetic energy leaves the S pole spinning to the right and dips to the centre (equator) of the magnet, then leaves the same location and spins to the left entering the N pole.
This is as shown on the first diagram I attached.
Supposedly (the authors say), the reason why field lines as shown by iron filings are misleading is because each iron filing becomes it's own magnet in the presence of the magnetic field.

 

[Crazymechanic]

iron and other ferromagnetic metals do become magnetized in the presence of a magnetic field but it has nothing to do with what the authors are talking about.

It's just that metals are good conductors , both electrical and magnetic, well not all of them but most are.

@ Zapper, yeah you can sure put this thread in history for how NOT to make a reference to something.

But honestly i don't blame the OP because a book like this one can be confusing as hell, so if your not prepared for what you read you can get yourself into a lot of trouble , I have had my expierence in this one too , thank god I realized and turned around to throw out the crap I was once presented from a few guys who were trying to make a Nobel prize ... :D

 

[magnetics]

Here is the page in the middle, sorry for the confusion...

 

[Crazymechanic]

Just forget about it , two guys tried to make history with some crazy absurd ideas , many have tried many have failed , just read up on magnets on wikipedia , not a perfect source but definitely 100% more reliable than this book.
or get a nice approved decent book about the topic and read that one and ask questions , feel free.