Animal Electricity : : How We Learned That the Body and Brain Are Electric Machines / / Robert B. Campenot.
Like all cellular organisms humans run on electricity. Cells work like batteries: slight imbalances of electric charge across cell membranes, caused by ions moving in and out of cells, result in sensation, movement, awareness, and thinking-the things we associate with being alive. Robert Campenot of...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2016 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2016] ©2016 |
Year of Publication: | 2016 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (348 p.) :; 28 halftones, 31 line illustrations |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Animal Electricity -- 2. A World of Cells, Molecules, and Atoms -- 3. The Animal Battery -- 4. Hodgkin and Huxley before the War -- 5. The Mystery of Nerve Conduction Explained -- 6. Heart to Heart -- 7. Nerve to Muscle -- 8. Use It or Lose It -- 9. Broadcasting in the Volume Conductor -- 10. The Bionic Century -- Epilogue -- Notes -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | Like all cellular organisms humans run on electricity. Cells work like batteries: slight imbalances of electric charge across cell membranes, caused by ions moving in and out of cells, result in sensation, movement, awareness, and thinking-the things we associate with being alive. Robert Campenot offers an accessible overview of animal electricity. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674089013 9783110485103 9783110485295 9783110638585 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674089013 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Robert B. Campenot. |