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The fascinating history of electromagnetism and how, in the not-so-distant future, the Earth’s poles will switch places – with potentially catastrophic results
Alanna Mitchell is an award-winning science journalist and author of Sea Sick: The Global Ocean in Crisis, which won the Grantham Prize for environmental journalism. She’s written for the New York Times, National Geographic and the Guardian. She lives in Toronto, Canada.
‘Stokes the reader’s curiosity about one of the most critical but
invisible forces in the universe.’
*BBC Sky at Night*
‘Mitchell’s portrait gallery is researched with a depth and breadth
that make its protagonists’ triumphs and failures compelling. She
also gives entertaining accounts of today’s working geoscientists…
Her interviews provide insights into their thoughts and actions
that transcend the stereotypes of inscrutable nerd or heroic
explorer.’
*Nature*
‘The Earth’s magnetic field…tends to be taken for granted. In
reality it’s a fickle, ill-understood phenomenon. Alanna Mitchell
delves into the mystery, in an engrossing book that features a new
surprise on every page.’
*Sean Carroll, author of The Big Picture*
‘A fascinating untold story of science that is full of mystery and
intrigue, and written with a great deal of style.’
*Mark Miodownik, New York Times bestselling author of
Stuff Matters, winner of the Royal Society Winton Prize*
‘A compelling yarn describing our historical efforts to understand
the force that created the world, and as the subtitle warns, could
bring about its end…Destined to become a classic of popular
science.’
*E&T Magazine*
‘Captivating scientific history…an invaluable contribution to the
popular science shelf.’
*Booklist*
‘A compelling tale of unseen and unforeseen natural forces – and a
reminder that we’ve staked our home on a planet that remains
infinitely strange, dangerous – and ever full of wonder.’
*Deborah Blum, author of The Poisoner’s Handbook*
‘In The Spinning Magnet, Alanna Mitchell pulls off the rare
trifecta in science writing: an engrossing plot of a planetary
mystery, authentic character portraits of scientists and their
passion for their work, and explanations of complex physics in
easily understandable terms.’
*Sabine Stanley, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Applied
Physics Lab, Johns Hopkins University*
‘Mitchell draws us into a spellbinding scientific detective
story, told over the ages, as she nimbly explains magnetism’s
role in everything that matters. Each chapter is filled
with exciting new revelations written in clear crisp prose. A
skilled writer, Mitchell puts magnetism on the map!’
*Timothy J. Jorgensen, author of Strange Glow: The Story of
Radiation, winner of the American Institute of Physics’ Science
Communication Award*
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