List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Dedication
Introduction
Part I Illuminations：The Light of Reason
Chapter 1：Interpretations
Chapter 2：Electricity and Enlightenment
Part II Shocking Inventions：Instruments
Chapter 1：Robert Boyle and the Air-pump
Chapter 2：Francis Hauksbee and the Electrical Machine
Chapter 3：Stephen Gray and the Chartty Boy
Chapter 4：Pieter van Musschenbroek and the Leyden Jar
Part III Lightning Cures：Applications
Chapter 1：Benjamin Franklin
Chapter 2：Knobs or Points?
Chapter 3：The Business of Medicine
Chapter 4：Therapeutic Shocks
Part IV Sparks of Imagination：Theories
Chapter 1：Problems
Chapter 2：Fluids and Atmospheres
Chapter 3：Theological Aethers
Chapter 4：Measurement and Mathematics
Part V The Flow of Life：Current Electricity
Chapter 1：Henry Cavendish and the Torpedo
Chapter 2：Luigi Galvani and his Frogs
Chapter 3：Alessandro Volta and his Pile
Chapter 4：Resuscitation
Further Reading
Notes
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