Figure 22. 15 (page 773) shows a person's hair standing out from her head because of "electrostatic charge." Look back at the discussion of Van de Graaff generators and discuss how this can happen when a person touches the globe of the generator but is insulated from the ground.

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Figure 22.15 Charge spreads over the human body, so a large charge will cause your hairs to repel one another and stand on end. Danger Danger