Spark from the Deep: How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery
(Part of the Animals, History, Culture Series)
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How encounters with strongly electric fish informed our grasp of electricity. Spark from the Deep 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 predators with high-powered electrical discharges. William J. Turkel asks completely fresh questions about the evolutionary,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:142140981X
ISBN13:9781421409818
Release Date:September 2013
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:304 Pages
Weight:1.25 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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