Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body
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Everyone knows that electricity powers machines, but it is much less well known that the same can be said of ourselves. The ability to read and understand what is written, to see and hear, to think and speak, to move our arms and legs, and even to realize our own self is due to the electrical activity of our cells, which is initiated by ion channels. They regulate our life processes from the moment of conception to our last breath.
This book is almost a detective story about a special kind of protein matter, the ion channel.
You will learn:
- What happens during a heart attack?
- Is it really possible to die of fear?
- Why can an electric eel electrocute you?
- What do poisons do to the body? What does botox really do?
- What saved James Bond when he was poisoned?
- Why is fugu eaten?
- Why are red and yellow tones predominant in Claude Monet's late paintings?
- Is love really a chemical phenomenon?
This book is almost a detective story about a special kind of protein matter, the ion channel.
You will learn:
- What happens during a heart attack?
- Is it really possible to die of fear?
- Why can an electric eel electrocute you?
- What do poisons do to the body? What does botox really do?
- What saved James Bond when he was poisoned?
- Why is fugu eaten?
- Why are red and yellow tones predominant in Claude Monet's late paintings?
- Is love really a chemical phenomenon?
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- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
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