Author: Tony Moffeit
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Luminous Animal
Author: Tony Moffeit
Publisher:
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Publisher:
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Luminous Creatures
Author: Michel Anctil
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773554106
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Naturalists in antiquity worked hard to dispel fanciful ideas about the meaning of living lights, but remained bewildered by them. Even Charles Darwin was perplexed by the chaotic diversity of luminous organisms, which he found difficult to reconcile with his evolutionary theory. It fell to naturalists and scientists to make sense of the dazzling displays of fireflies and other organisms. In Luminous Creatures Michel Anctil shows how mythical perceptions of bioluminescence gradually gave way to a scientific understanding of its mechanisms, functions, and evolution, and to the recognition of its usefulness for biomedical and other applied fields. Following the rise of the modern scientific method and the circumnavigations and oceanographic expeditions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, biologists began to realize the diversity of bioluminescence's expressions in light organs and ecological imprints, and how widespread it is on the planet. By the end of the nineteenth century an understanding of the chemical nature and physiological control of the phenomenon was at hand. Technological developments led to an explosion of knowledge on the ecology, evolution, and molecular biology of bioluminescence. Luminous Creatures tracks these historical events and illuminates the lives and the trail-blazing accomplishments of the scientists involved. It offers a unique window into the awe-inspiring, phantasmagorical world of light-producing organisms, viewed from the perspectives of casual observers and scientists alike.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN: 0773554106
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Naturalists in antiquity worked hard to dispel fanciful ideas about the meaning of living lights, but remained bewildered by them. Even Charles Darwin was perplexed by the chaotic diversity of luminous organisms, which he found difficult to reconcile with his evolutionary theory. It fell to naturalists and scientists to make sense of the dazzling displays of fireflies and other organisms. In Luminous Creatures Michel Anctil shows how mythical perceptions of bioluminescence gradually gave way to a scientific understanding of its mechanisms, functions, and evolution, and to the recognition of its usefulness for biomedical and other applied fields. Following the rise of the modern scientific method and the circumnavigations and oceanographic expeditions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, biologists began to realize the diversity of bioluminescence's expressions in light organs and ecological imprints, and how widespread it is on the planet. By the end of the nineteenth century an understanding of the chemical nature and physiological control of the phenomenon was at hand. Technological developments led to an explosion of knowledge on the ecology, evolution, and molecular biology of bioluminescence. Luminous Creatures tracks these historical events and illuminates the lives and the trail-blazing accomplishments of the scientists involved. It offers a unique window into the awe-inspiring, phantasmagorical world of light-producing organisms, viewed from the perspectives of casual observers and scientists alike.
Papers
Author: Carnegie Institution of Washington. Tortugas Laboratory
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Category : Marine biology
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
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Category : Marine biology
Languages : en
Pages : 180
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The Production of Light by Animals
Author: Ulric Dahlgren
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Category : Bioluminescence
Languages : en
Pages :
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Category : Bioluminescence
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Nature of Animal Light
Author: Edmund Newton Harvey
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Category : Bioluminescence
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Category : Bioluminescence
Languages : en
Pages : 228
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Enzymes
Author: Selman Abraham Waksman
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Category : Enzymes
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Also containing a bibligraphy with 1323 references.
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Category : Enzymes
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Also containing a bibligraphy with 1323 references.
Mechanics Magazine
Author: John I Knight
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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The Nature of animal light
Author: Edmund Newton Harvey
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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Science
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.
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Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.
The Belfast Monthly Magazine
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 530
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