Luminous Animal
Title | Luminous Animal PDF eBook |
Author | Tony Moffeit |
Publisher | |
Pages | 60 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN |
Luminous Creatures
Title | Luminous Creatures PDF eBook |
Author | Michel Anctil |
Publisher | McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP |
Pages | 422 |
Release | 2018-05-30 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0773554106 |
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.
The Production of Light by Animals
Title | The Production of Light by Animals PDF eBook |
Author | Ulric Dahlgren |
Publisher | |
Pages | |
Release | 1916 |
Genre | Bioluminescence |
ISBN |
The Nature of Animal Light
Title | The Nature of Animal Light PDF eBook |
Author | Edmund Newton Harvey |
Publisher | |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Bioluminescence |
ISBN |
Science
Title | Science PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 664 |
Release | 1920 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN |
Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.
The Belfast Monthly Magazine
Title | The Belfast Monthly Magazine PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 1911 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
Colloid Chemistry: Biology and medicine
Title | Colloid Chemistry: Biology and medicine PDF eBook |
Author | Jerome Alexander |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1042 |
Release | 1928 |
Genre | Colloids |
ISBN |