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Spark from the deep : how shocking experiments with strongly electric fish powered scientific discovery / William J. Turkel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turkel, William J. (William Joseph), 1967-
- Series:
- Animals, History, Culture
- Animals, history, culture
- Animals History Culture Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Electric fishes.
- Electricity--Experiments--History.
- Electricity.
- Discoveries in science--History.
- Discoveries in science.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (287 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Now we look to these fish as an inspiration for engineering new sensors, computer interfaces, autonomous undersea robots, and energy-efficient batteries.
- Contents:
- Strongly electric fish
- Modeling animal electricity
- Electrophysiology
- The spark of life
- Evolutionary theories
- Electric currents
- Discovering electric worlds.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-4214-0994-1
- OCLC:
- 854901470
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