A review by Medical and Science Media On-Line

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Dipole Magnets

Dipole Magnets is certain to draw its share of attention from users who enjoyed the hands-on, self-paced style of Forces and Vectors. This new package covers the fundamentals of dipole magnets and the motion of charged particles, with an emphasis on focussing effects, and it offers an in-depth analysis of magnetic spectrometer devices.

Dipole Magnets consists of four basic sections; uniform bending magnets, non-uniform bends, fringe fields, and the Kerst-Serber equation. The unique hypertext environment provides a variety of avenues for working through the program. You can move in a linear fashion, building your understanding, or you can jump from one area to another, according to your interests. A short tutorial familiarises you with program functions and operations, which are intuitive and easy to grasp. An interactive content makes it simple to move from topic to topic, while a detailed concept map helps you to fine-tune your studies. The hyperlinked index allows you access to specific phrases quickly, which makes Dipole Magnets suitable as a reference tool as well. A report card option is available upon exiting the program to help users keep track of their progress.