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

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ashcroft, Frances M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Norton, 2012.
Edition:1st American ed.
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Table of 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.