Spark from the Deep : How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery /

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How encounters with strongly electric fish informed our grasp of electricity. This book tells the story of how human beings came to understand and use electricity by studying the evolved mechanisms of strongly electric fish. These animals have the ability to shock potential prey or would-be predator...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Turkel, William J. (William Joseph), 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Electricity > Experiments.
Electric fishes.
Discoveries in science.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
NATURE > Animals > Fish.
Decouvertes scientifiques > Histoire.
Électricite > Experiences > Histoire.
Poissons electriques.
Electric Fish
Discoveries in science > History.
Electricity > Experiments > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Strongly electric fish
  • Modeling animal electricity
  • Electrophysiology
  • The spark of life
  • Evolutionary theories
  • Electric currents
  • Discovering electric worlds
  • Conclusion : Nothing but a movement of electrons.

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