Book
The spinning magnet : the force that created the modern world and could destroy it
Record details
- ISBN: 9780670070190
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Physical Description:
print
regular print
ix, 323 pages ; 24 cm - Publisher: Toronto, Ontario : Viking, 2018.
- Copyright: ©2018.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | pt. I Magnet -- ch. 1 Beginnings of Things -- ch. 2 Unpaired Spinning Electron -- ch. 3 Parking in the Shadow of Magnetism's Forgotten Man -- ch. 4 Into Whose Embrace Iron Leaps -- ch. 5 Revolutions on Paper -- ch. 6 Earth's Magnetic Soul -- ch. 7 Voyage into the Underworld -- ch. 8 Greatest Scientific Undertaking the World Had Ever Seen -- ch. 9 Rock That Turned the World Upside Down -- pt. II Current -- ch. 10 Experiment in Copenhagen -- ch. 11 Very Intimate Relationship -- ch. 12 Jars Full of Lightning -- ch. 13 Apothecary's Son -- ch. 14 Bookbinder's Apprentice -- ch. 15 Magnets Making Currents -- ch. 16 Lines That Fill the Air -- pt. III Core -- ch. 17 Contorting Gyre -- ch. 18 Shocks Inside the Earth -- ch. 19 Pharaohs, Fairies, and a Tar-Paper Shack -- ch. 20 Zebra Skins Under the Sea -- ch. 21 At the Outer Edge of the Dynamo -- ch. 22 Anomaly to the South -- ch. 23 Worst Physics Movie Ever -- ch. 24 Great Hazardous Spinning Sphere of Sodium -- pt. IV Switch -- ch. 25 Looking Up -- ch. 26 Horrors the Lights Foretold -- ch. 27 Lethal Patches -- ch. 28 Cost of Catastrophe -- ch. 29 Trout Noses and Pigeon Beaks -- ch. 30 Suit of Stiff Black Crayon. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Geomagnetism -- Popular works Magnetic pole -- Popular works Electromagnetism -- Popular works Civilization, Modern -- 21st century -- Forecasting -- Popular works |
Available copies
- 10 of 13 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Terrace Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 13 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | 538.7 MIT (Text) | 35151001062652 | Adult Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
The fascinating history of electromagnetism and how, in the not-so-distant future, the Earth's poles will switch places - with potentially catastrophic results.
