AC/DC
The Savage Tale of the First Standards War
Chapter One
FIRST SPARKS
The story of electricity begins with a bang, the biggest of them all. The
unimaginably enormous event that created the universe nearly 14 billion
years ago gave birth to matter, energy, and time itself. The Big
Bang was not an explosion in space but of space itself, a cataclysm
occurring everywhere at once. In the milliseconds following the Big
Bang, matter was formed from elementary particles, some of which
carried a positive or negative charge. Electricity was born the
moment these charged particles took form.
All matter in the universe contains electricity, the opposing
charges that bind atoms together. Even human beings are awash in
it; the central nervous system is a vast neuroelectrical network that
transmits electrical impulses across nerve endings to the body's muscles
and organs.
However, electricity, like the face of the Creator, is normally
hidden from view. Most matter contains a balance of positive and
negative charges, a stalemated tug-of-war that prevents ele ... read full excerpt from AC/DC: The Savage Tale of the First Standards War ebook
