Electricity
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| + | "The added "Modern [[Prometheus]]" to the title ''[[Frankenstein]]'' was derived from [[Immanuel Kant]] who described [[Benjamin Franklin]] as the "Prometheus of modern times" in reference to his experiments with [[electricity]]."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| - | See also | + | '''Electricity''' is the set of [[physics|physical]] phenomena associated with the presence and flow of [[electric charge]]. Electricity gives a wide variety of well-known effects, such as [[lightning]], [[static electricity]], [[electromagnetic induction]] and [[electrical current]]. In addition, electricity permits the creation and reception of [[electromagnetic radiation]] such as [[radio waves]]. |
| - | *[[Electric Café]] | + | ==Namesakes== |
| + | *[[Electric Café]], 1986, a music album by the group Kraftwerk | ||
| + | *[[Electric Dress]], 1956, an artwork by Atsuko Tanaka | ||
| + | *[[Electric Circus (nightclub)]], an American nightclub open between 1967 and September 1971 | ||
| + | *[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]], 1968, a nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe | ||
| + | *[[I Sing the Body Electric (poem)]], 1855, a poem by Walt Whitman from his 1855 collection ''Leaves of Grass'' | ||
| + | *[[Big Electric Chair]], 1967, Andy Warhol | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| *[[Electric chair]] | *[[Electric chair]] | ||
| - | *[[Electric Dress]] | ||
| - | *[[Electric Circus (nightclub)]] | ||
| - | *[[Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus]] | ||
| - | *[[The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test]] | ||
| *[[Electric guitar]] | *[[Electric guitar]] | ||
| - | *[[I Sing the Body Electric (Whitman)]] | ||
| *[[Electric instrument]] | *[[Electric instrument]] | ||
| + | *[[Cost of electricity by source]] | ||
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Electricity is the set of physical phenomena associated with the presence and flow of electric charge. Electricity gives a wide variety of well-known effects, such as lightning, static electricity, electromagnetic induction and electrical current. In addition, electricity permits the creation and reception of electromagnetic radiation such as radio waves.
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Namesakes
- Electric Café, 1986, a music album by the group Kraftwerk
- Electric Dress, 1956, an artwork by Atsuko Tanaka
- Electric Circus (nightclub), an American nightclub open between 1967 and September 1971
- The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, 1968, a nonfiction book by Tom Wolfe
- I Sing the Body Electric (poem), 1855, a poem by Walt Whitman from his 1855 collection Leaves of Grass
- Big Electric Chair, 1967, Andy Warhol
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