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Title Statement | The spinning magnet: the force that created the modern world and could destroy it / Alanna Mitchell. |
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Author | Mitchell, Alanna |
Publication | [Toronto]: Viking,2018. |
Extent of Item | ix, 323 pages |
ISBN | 067007019X 9780670070190 |
Other Number | 3247095 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index. |
Summary | Discusses the science of electromagnetism and how the Earth's magnetic field is decaying faster than previously believed. There are indications that the North and South Poles will reverse leaving Earth unprotected from solar radiation storms that will obliterate all electromagnetic technology. The author also investigates magnetism in 13th century France to the discovery in the Victorian era that electricity and magnetism emanate from the same force. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Electromagnetism |
Geomagnetism | |
Magnetic pole | |
Magnetic fields | |
Solar radiation | |
Civilization, Modern--Forecasting--21st century |