Potential energy and the body electric: Cardiac waves, brain waves, and the making of quantities into qualities

Current Anthropology

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL.7, 2013, Pages

  Helmreich, Stefan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84884566612     PISSN: 00113204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670968     Document Type: Article

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