Luminous creatures : the history and science of light production in living organisms /

"Charles Darwin was perplexed by the chaotic diversity of luminous organisms, which he found difficult to reconcile with his evolutionary theory. For other reasons bewilderment confronted many observers watching living lights throughout the ages. It fell on naturalists and scientists to try and...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anctil, Michel, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018.
Temas:
Bioluminescence > History.
Bioluminescence > Research > History.
Biology > History.
Bioluminescence > Recherche > Histoire.
Biologie > Histoire.
Bioluminescence > Histoire.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biochemistry.
NATURE > Animals > General.
Biology.
Bioluminescence.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Glows, flashes, and marvel-mongers
  • The age of enlightenment
  • A deeper probing of nature aglow
  • The birth of scientific ocean exploration
  • The mystery of a lit underworld
  • Inside the light-producing organs
  • Paolo Panceri and the Italian cohort
  • Raphaël Dubois and the chemistry of living light
  • Bioluminescence spreads further afield
  • E. Newton Harvey and the Princeton Laboratory
  • The Triumph of the biochemists
  • Through a glass, brightly : William Beebe's Bathysphere
  • The peculiar career of Yata Haneda
  • Circling the luminaries
  • A bioluminescence expedition
  • Probing oceanic bioluminescence
  • Understanding how light sources are controlled
  • Unravelling molecular mechanisms.

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