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The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body - Couverture souple

Ashcroft, Frances

 
9780393346794: The Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 039334679X ISBN 13 : 9780393346794
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Synopsis

What happens during a heart attack? Can someone really die of fright? What is death, anyway? How does electroshock treatment affect the brain? What is consciousness? The answers to these questions lie in the electrical signals constantly traveling through our bodies, driving our thoughts, our movements, and even the beating of our hearts.

The history of how scientists discovered the role of electricity in the human body is a colorful one, filled with extraordinary personalities, fierce debates, and brilliant experiments. Moreover, present-day research on electricity and ion channels has created one of the most exciting fields in science, shedding light on conditions ranging from diabetes and allergies to cystic fibrosis, migraines, and male infertility. With inimitable wit and a clear, fresh voice, award-winning researcher Frances Ashcroft weaves together compelling real-life stories with the latest scientific findings, giving us a spectacular account of the body electric.

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À propos de l'auteur

Frances Ashcroft is an award-winning scientist, a professor of physiology at the University of Oxford, a Fellow of both Trinity College Oxford and the Royal Society, and an internationally best-selling author. She lives in Oxford, UK.

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Éditeur
W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
039334679X
ISBN 13 
9780393346794
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
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