The Shocking History of Electric Fishes

The Shocking History of Electric Fishes
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 485
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ISBN-13 : 9780195366723
ISBN-10 : 0195366727
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Book Synopsis The Shocking History of Electric Fishes by : Stanley Finger

Download or read book The Shocking History of Electric Fishes written by Stanley Finger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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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