Spark of Life: Electricity in the Human Body

Everyone knows that electricity powers machines, but it is far less known that the same can be said about ourselves. The ability to read and understand what is written, to see and hear, to think and speak, to move our hands and feet, and even to be aware of our own 'I' is determined by the electrical activity of cells, which is initiated by ion channels. They regulate our life processes from the moment of conception to the last breath. This book is almost a detective story dedicated to a special type of protein material, the ion channel. It provides answers to many questions. What happens during a heart attack? Can you really die of fear? How can an electric eel shock? How do poisons affect the body? What does botox actually do? What saved James Bond when he was poisoned? Why do people eat fugu? Why do Claude Monet's later paintings have predominating red and yellow tones? Is love really a chemical phenomenon? The book is extremely informative for anyone interested in the nature of electricity and its role in our body.