now you know why dick tracy used to say, "he who controls magnetism controls the universe." look at the force of this little dinky magnet compared to the size of the world pulling all these clips up. so we can talk about the magnetic force today, gang, the magnetic force. ain't that neat? okay. this is a pretty powerful magnet. here's a pretty weak magnet. this one is suspended on a point, and it's magnetized. and what do we call it, gang, do you know? begin with c, end with ompass. try it. put it together. compass. compass, excellent. that's a compass. and guess which way it's pointing. north. you know what it's doing? it turns out that the whole world is a great big, begin with m. magnet. magnet. and surrounding that world is a magnetic field and guess what that compass lines up with, begin with m, f, the magnetic field of the earth. and that magnetic field in this room is oriented like this, okay? but what is the source of that magnetism? the source of that magnetism was betrayed years ago, more than 150 years ago by a fellow by the name of hans christian oersted, who was