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Shocking Bodies: Life, Death & Electricity in Victorian England: Life, Death and

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Condition: Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ... Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab

Book Title: Shocking Bodies: Life, Death & Electricity in Victorian England:

Genre: Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism

ISBN: 9780752458007

Publication Year: 2011

Type: Textbook

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publication Name: Shocking Bodies

Item Height: 230mm

Author: Iwan Rhys Morus

Publisher: T.H.E. Hi-Story Press LTD

Item Width: 160mm

Subject: History

Item Weight: 400g

Number of Pages: 224 Pages

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For the Victorians, electricity was the science of spectacle and of wonder. It provided them with new ways of probing the nature of reality and understanding themselves. Luigi Galvani's discovery of 'animal electricity' at the end of the eighteenth century opened up a whole new world of possibilities, in which electricity could cure sickness, restore sexual potency and even raise the dead. In Shocking Bodies, Iwan Rhys Morus explores how the Victorians thought about electricity, and how they tried to use its intimate and corporeal force to answer fundamental questions about life and death. Some even believed that electricity was life, which brought into question the existence of the soul, and of God, and provided arguments in favour of political radicalism. This is the story of how electricity emerged as a powerful new tool for making sense of our bodies and the world around us. 'Morus is a galvanic maestro ... He gets inside an age when electricity was exciting and dangerous.' Adrian Desmond, co-author of Darwin's Sacred Cause 'Morus' history ... provides an indispensable guide to the roots of the troubles of modern medicine, science and public affairs.' Simon Schaffer, University of Cambridge

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T.H.E. Hi-Story Press LTD

ISBN-13

9780752458007

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Author

Iwan Rhys Morus

Publication Name

Shocking Bodies

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Subject

History

Publication Year

2011

Type

Textbook

Number of Pages

224 Pages

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Item Height

230mm

Item Width

160mm

Item Weight

400g

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Iwan Rhys Morus

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United Kingdom

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