{"product_id":"cabinet-21-andrea-geyer-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.\" \u003ci\u003eCabinet\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrea Geyer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1932698175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781932698176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cabinet\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.84h x 7.90w x 0.34d","brand":"Andrea Geyer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850451333375,"sku":"9781932698176","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cabinet-21-andrea-geyer-9781932698176","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}