The Body Electric: Electromagnetism And The Foundation Of Life

Robert Becker, Gary Selden

Harper Collins, Jul 22, 1998 - Science - 368 pages

The Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the filed of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body. He found clues to the healing process in the long-discarded theory that electricity is vital to life. But as exciting as Becker's discoveries are, pointing to the day when human limbs, spinal cords, and organs may be regenerated after they have been damaged, equally fascinating is the story of Becker's struggle to do such original work. The Body Electric explores new pathways in our understanding of evolution, acupuncture, psychic phenomena, and healing.

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The Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the field of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body.

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Robert Becker describes his research in how electricity influences biological processes. Much of the material will not appeal to a general audience, which is unlikely to warm to animal limb ...

Contents

• The Promise of the Art: 17
• Growth and Regrowth: 23
• The Embryo at the Wound: 40
• Control Problems: 47
• Nerve Connections: 55
• The Sign of the Miracle: 68
• The Stimulating Current: 77
• The Circuit of Awareness: 103
• The Ticklish Gene: 118
• Good News for Mammals: 150
• Our Hidden Healing Energy: 161
• The Organ Tree: 181
• The Lazarus Heart: 196
• The SelfMending Net: 203
• Righting a Wrong Turn: 215
• The Essence of Life: 221
• The Missing Chapter: 229
• Breathing with the Earth: 243
• Maxwells Silver Hammer: 271
• Political Science: 330
• Glossary: 348

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Body Electric: Electromagnetism And The Foundation Of Life
• Authors: Robert Becker, Gary Selden
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 1998
• ISBN: 0688069711, 9780688069711
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: Science / General; Science / Life Sciences / Biology; Science / Physics / Electricity