{"product_id":"9781932698176","title":"Cabinet #21: Electricity","description":"\u003cp\u003eElectricity 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cabinet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040289964272,"sku":"9781932698176","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781932698176_p0.jpg?v=1763640109","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781932698176","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}