Animal as machine : the quest to understand how animals work and adapt /

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"Through the ages natural historians have puzzled over how animals work, wavering between a vitalist belief in a soul animating bodily functions and a mechanistic outlook in which animal body parts are seen as pieces of organic machinery. Animal as Machine explores the life, work, and ideas of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Anctil, Michel, 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Temas:
Physiology > History.
Physiologists > History.
Physiologie > Histoire.
Physiologistes > Histoire.
SCIENCE / History
Physiologists.
Physiology.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An Unspoken Branch of Natural History
  • The Uncertain Beginnings
  • Building Sound Foundations
  • The Turning Point
  • American Schools of Comparative Physiology
  • The Belgian School and the Rise of Comparative Biochemistry
  • The Canadian Way: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
  • A Showcase of Animals Living on the Edge
  • Learning How Animal Brains Work
  • Learning How Chemicals Rule Animal Moods
  • Epilogue.

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