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The Spark of Life We are all familiar with the idea that machines are powered by electricity, but perhaps not so aware that this is also true for ourselves. This book offers an 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. Full description
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This is a wonderful book. Frances Ashcroft has a rare gift for making difficult subjects accessible and fascinating.--Bill Bryson, author of At Home: A Short History of Private Life
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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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