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Aglow in the dark : the revolutionary science of biofluorescence / Vincent Pieribone and David F. Gruber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pieribone, Vincent.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bioluminescence.
- Biofluorescence.
- Green fluorescent protein.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 263 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 19 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2005.
- Summary:
- minds and machines. The authors deftly lead the reader through a complex story at the interface of biology and physics--and into the realm of wonder on the frontiers of scientific endeavor.
- Contents:
- 1 Living Light 9
- 2 Fireflies of the Sea 27
- 3 From the Fires of Nagasaki 43
- 4 The Secret of the Jellyfish's Flicker 59
- 5 The Light at the End of the Rainbow 75
- 6 Illuminating the Cell 95
- 7 Glow Worms 109
- 8 Fluorescent Spies 129
- 9 A Rosy Dawn 161
- 10 Shimmering Reefs 179
- 11 Lighting Up the Brain 199
- 12 Glowing Thoughts 213.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-249) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674019210
- OCLC:
- 60321612
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