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 Charity 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