We Are Electric
Every cell in our bodies - bones, skin, nerves, muscle - has its own voltage, like a tiny capacitor. We’ve suspected since the 1700s that this bioelectricity is integral to the brain’s ability to send and receive the body’s messages, underpinning all motion, sensation, and thought. And yet even as it became clear that bioelectric signaling is implicated in far more, the study of bioelectricity kept being sidelined by its association with gruesome controversies. Only in the past few decades has the development of incredible new tools allowed us to finally begin to appreciate its true power.
Bioelectricity is why we develop the way we do in the womb and how our bodies know to heal themselves from injury. When these signals go awry, illness, deformity, and cancer can result. We Are Electric introduces the next frontier of scientific understanding: the body's electrome.
Praise for We Are Electric
"In her engaging debut...[Adee] traces efforts to explore--and sometimes exploit--the human "electrome," doing full justice to the complex issues surrounding the body's electric forces."—Simon Winchester, The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
“One thing readers might not expect from a book that illustrates the intricacies of ion channels: it’s surprisingly funny.”—Meghan Rosen, Science News
“Adee’s enthusiasm is infectious, and she conveys well the jaw-dropping scale and complexity of this newly discovered ‘electrome’.”—Simon Ings, The Times of London
“A book which does its fascinating subject justice: elegant, exciting, and expertly written.”—Hilary Lamb, E&T News
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