The Body Electric
Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · July 22, 1998
The perennial bestseller that you MUST READ in order to fully understand the interplay between electric energy and living organisms The Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves.
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- Who it’s for
- A curious blend of life science and bodily wonder, with just enough offbeat charge.
- Themes
- bioelectricity, healing, regeneration
- Pacing
- Reflective
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The perennial bestseller that you MUST READ in order to fully understand the interplay between electric energy and living organisms 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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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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A curious blend of life science and bodily wonder, with just enough offbeat charge.
Come here for
- electromagnetism-and-life framing
- playful science-meets-body angle
Expect
- energized, speculative-adjacent nonfiction feel
- cross-genre signals without tidy boundaries
Where it sits
| Holistic Medicine | 24% |
|---|---|
| Electricity & Circuits | 21% |
| Healing Practices | 19% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Health & Wellness
- Anatomy
- Biotech
- How the Body Works
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- Medical Research
- Psychology Research
- Biology
- Cell Biology
- Authors
- Robert Becker, Gary Selden, Robert O. Becker
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- July 22, 1998
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- bioelectricity · healing · regeneration
- Reading lane
- Health & Wellness