The spark of life : electricity in the human body / Frances Ashcroft ; line drawings by Ronan Mahon.
By: Ashcroft, Frances M.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Norton, 2012Edition: 1st American ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: 339 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780393078039 (hardcover); 0393078035 (hardcover).Subject(s): Electrophysiology | Human physiologyDDC classification: 612/.01427Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 612.01427 As34 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003137619 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The age of wonder -- Molecular pores -- Acting on impulse -- Mind the gap -- Muscling in on the action -- Les poissons trembleur -- 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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