The spark of life : electricity in the human body / Frances Ashcroft ; line drawings by Ronan Mahon.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2012.Edition: 1st American editionDescription: 339 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393078039
  • 0393078035
  • 9781846143014
  • 1846143012
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 612/.01427 23
LOC classification:
  • QP341 .A77 2012
NLM classification:
  • QT 34
Contents:
The age of wonder -- Molecular pores -- Acting on impulse -- Mind the gap -- Muscling in on the action -- Les poissons trembleurs -- The heart of the matter -- Life and death -- The doors of perception -- All wired up -- Mind matters -- Shocking treatment.
Summary: A spectacular account of the body electric, showing how, from before conception to the last breath we draw, electrical signals in our cells are essential to everything we think and do.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-319) and index.

The age of wonder -- Molecular pores -- Acting on impulse -- Mind the gap -- Muscling in on the action -- Les poissons trembleurs -- The heart of the matter -- Life and death -- The doors of perception -- All wired up -- Mind matters -- Shocking treatment.

A spectacular account of the body electric, showing how, from before conception to the last breath we draw, electrical signals in our cells are essential to everything we think and do.

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