Jorgensen, Timothy J.

Spark : the life of electricity and the electricity of life By Timothy J. Jorgensen - 1 - Princeton: Princeton University Press, c2021. - i-xiv+436P.

Preface: current events
Sparks will fly: static electricity
Shocking developments: animal electricity
Bolt from the blue: lightning
For all that ails you: electrotherapy machines
A circuitous route: the battery
Jolted back to reality: electrocution
A field day: alternating current and lines of force
Zombie fish: electric force fields
Crookes of the matter: the electron
Redbud: the neutron
Zombie people: voltage-gated channels
The wanderer: nerve fibers
Crossed circuits: neuroprosthetic limbs
Sounds of silence: sensory neurological implants
Inner sanctum: the brain
Future shock: artificial intelligence

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