The spark of life
Subtitle: electricity in the human body
By: Frances Ashcroft ; illustrations by Ronan Mahon
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780393078039
Subjects: Electrophysiology; Popular works; Human physiology
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The age of wonder; title: Molecular pores; title: Acting on impulse; title: Mind the gap; title: Muscling in on the action; title: Les poissons trembleur; title: The heart of the matter; title: Life and death; title: The doors of perception; title: All wired up; title: Mind matters; title: Shocking treatment.