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Spark : the life of electricity and the electricity of life /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jorgensen, Timothy J. (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Electricity.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Preface: Current Events
  • 1. Sparks Will Fly: Static Electricity
  • 2. Shocking Developments: Animal Electricity
  • 3. Bolt from the Blue: Lightning
  • 4. For All That Ails You: Electrotherapy Machines
  • 5. A Circuitous Route: The Battery
  • 6. Jolted Back to Reality: Electrocution
  • 7. A Field Day: Alternating Current and Lines of Force
  • 8. Zombie Fish: Electric Force Fields
  • 9. Crookes of the Matter: The Electron
  • 10. Redbud: The Neuron
  • 11. Zombie People: Voltage-Gated Channels
  • 12. The Wanderer: Nerve Fibers
  • 13. Crossed Circuits: Neuroprosthetic Limbs
  • 14. Sounds of Silence: Sensory Neurological Implants
  • 15. Inner Sanctum: The Brain
  • 16. Future Shock: Artificial Intelligence
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index