{"product_id":"nye-tim-cabinet-21-electricity-9781932698176","title":"Cabinet 21 : Electricity","description":"Electricity manifests itself in every facet of our lives--from the tiny shock received by touching a doorknob to the explosive power of a lightning strike, from the modest Hoover dustbuster to the industrial grandeur of the Hoover Dam. As a force that has given human beings seemingly unlimited power over nature and refashioned our understanding of day and night, and as a metaphor for the social currents flowing among individuals and communities, electricity has been our invisible yet ubiquitous ally in the creation of a contemporary \"technological sublime.\" Cabinet No. 21 includes an interview with Sharon Beder on electricity and modernity in America; Margaret Wertheim on Lichtenberg figures, frozen lightning captured in acrylic blocks; Michael Sanchez on Francisco Salva's shocking proposal for an eighteenth-century human telegraphy system; an interview with Marcello Pera on how a frog triggered a decisive scientific debate between Enlightenment \"electricians\" Galvani and Volta; an essay on Benjamin Franklin's promotion of Ebenezer Kinnersley's electrified \"magical picture\"; and a firsthand account by a survivor of multiple lightning strikes. Also Tom Vanderbilt on Stasi scent samples; an interview with Sam Chwat, the foremost accent elimination coach in the United States; and artist projects by Andrea Geyer and Rachel Watson.","brand":"Cabinet","offers":[{"title":"Used - good","offer_id":53572313907542,"sku":"9781932698176-G","price":1.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/nye-tim-cabinet-21-electricity-9781932698176","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}