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Names: Mitchell, Alanna, author.
Title: The spinning magnet : the electromagnetic force that created the modern world—and could destroy it / Alanna Mitchell.
Description: New York, New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC, [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017034554| ISBN 9781101985168 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781101985182 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Electromagnetism. | Magnetic fields. | Earth (Planet)—Mantle. | Geomagnetism. | Solar radiation—Health aspects.
Classification: LCC QC760 .M5425 2018 | DDC 538/.7—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017034554
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