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The Shocking History of Electric Fishes : From Ancient Epochs to the Birth of Mo
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- Topic
- Fishing
- Genre
- History
- ISBN
- 9780195366723
- Subject Area
- Science, Medical
- Publication Name
- Shocking History of Electric Fishes : from Ancient Epochs to the Birth of Modern Neurophysiology
- Item Length
- 8.7 in
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, Incorporated
- Subject
- Neuroscience, Life Sciences / Neuroscience
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3 in
- Item Width
- 11 in
- Item Weight
- 61.7 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 496 Pages
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This beautifully illustrated and scholarly book examines the importance of electric fishes in science and medicine and how three species in particular shaped neurophysiology. Anchored in the philosophy and science of past epochs, it is the story of one of Nature's greatest puzzles. Over a long and tortuous path, it focuses on how some numbing fishes helped to make physiology modern.
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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195366727
ISBN-13
9780195366723
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99639849
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Shocking History of Electric Fishes : from Ancient Epochs to the Birth of Modern Neurophysiology
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Neuroscience, Life Sciences / Neuroscience
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science, Medical
Number of Pages
496 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.7 in
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Width
11 in
Item Weight
61.7 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2010-032840
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Rc338.F56 2011
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"...the exposition of the material is clear and straightforward... This detailed work will be most useful to professional scientists/historians in ichthyology, neurobiology, and the history of the medical sciences. Recommended." -- CHOICE "An amazing book for anyone who wants to embrace the sense of wonder that fills science. This book explores the three majorly electrical fish (electric eels, torpedoes, and electric catfish) from both a scientific and a humanistic standpoint... If you want to have a look at civilization through the eyes of science and fish, this is the book for you." -- Kathy Cowley, Brigham Young University, The book is more than a history of the electric fish; it is also a survey of the history of science, introducing all themes and approaches in this discipline in a relevant chronological sequence. This detailed work will be most useful to professional scientists/ historians in ichthyology neurobiology, and the history of the medical sciences., "...the exposition of the material is clear and straightforward... This detailed work will be most useful to professional scientists/historians in ichthyology, neurobiology, and the history of the medical sciences. Recommended." -- CHOICE"An amazing book for anyone who wants to embrace the sense of wonder that fills science. This book explores the three majorly electrical fish (electric eels, torpedoes, and electric catfish) from both a scientific and a humanistic standpoint... If you want to have a look at civilization through the eyes of science and fish, this is the book for you." -- Kathy Cowley, Brigham Young University, "...the exposition of the material is clear and straightforward... This detailed work will be most useful to professional scientists/historians in ichthyology, neurobiology, and the history of the medical sciences. Recommended." --CHOICE
Table of Content
Contents PART I: INTRODUCTION 1- The Allure of Electric Fishes: Humboldt's Obsession PART II: ANCIENT CULTURES 2- The Shocking Catfish of the Nile 3- Torpedoes in the Greco-Roman World: Pt. 1. Wonders of Nature Between Science and Myth 4- Torpedoes in the Greco-Roman World: Pt. 2. From Therapeutic Shocks to Theories of the Discharge 5- Byzantine and Islamic Writings PART III: MIDDLE AGES TO THE EARLY MODERN PERIOD 6- Torpedoes: From the Scholastics through the Renaissance 7- Rediscovering The Torporific Catfishes 8- The "Eels" of South America 9- From the Occult to Mechanical Theories of the Discharge PART IV: THE EMERGENCE OF FISH ELECTRICITY 10- The Electrical World of Benjamin Franklin 11- Animal Spirits and Physiology 12- First Steps Toward Fish Electricity 13- The Dutch, the Eel, and Electricity PART V: THE ROYAL SOCIETY AND THE COVETED SPARK 14- Edward Bancroft's Guiana Eels and London Connections 15- John Walsh's Scientific Journey 16- The Royal Society and Interdisciplinary Science 17- Out of the Guianas: The American Philosophical Society and the Eel 18- Alexander Garden: A Linnaean in South Carolina and Captain Banker's Eels 19- Sparks in Darkness and the Eel's Electrical Sense 20- Public Knowledge: Newspapers, Magazines, and "Shocking" Poetry PART VI: FROM FISH TO NERVE PHYSIOLOGY AND BACK 21- Galvani's Animal Electricity 22- Electric Fishes in Volta's Path to the Battery 23- Galvanism Contra "Voltaism": Electric Fishes and the "Unsolvable" Dilemma 24- Electric Fishes in the Nineteenth Century 25- The Changing Neurohysiological Setting 26- Understanding the Shock Mechanisms: A Twentieth Century Odyssey EPILOGUE APPENDIX I: Names with Birth and Death Dates REFERENCES
Copyright Date
2011
Dewey Decimal
573.9/7
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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