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Shocking Frogs
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Author : Marco Piccolino
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2013
Shocking Frogs written by Marco Piccolino and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Medical categories.
"... and still we could never suppose that fortune were to be so friendly to us, such as to allow us to be perhaps the first in handling, as it were, the electricity concealed in nerves, in extracting it from nerves, and, in some way, in putting it under everyone's eyes." With these words, Luigi Galvani announced to the world in 1791 his discovery that nervous conduction and muscle excitation are electrical phenomena. The result of more than years of intense experimental work, Galvani's milestone achievement concluded a thousand-year scientific search, in a field long dominated by the antiquated beliefs of classical science. Besides laying the grounds for the development of the modern neurosciences, Galvani's discovery also brought to light an invention that would forever change humankind's everyday life: the electric battery of Alessandro Volta. In an accessible style, written for specialists and general readers alike, Shocking Frogs retraces the steps of both scientific discoveries, starting with the initial hypotheses of the Enlightenment on the involvement of electricity in life processes. So doing, it also reveals the inconsistency of the many stereotypes that an uncritical cultural tradition has imparted to the legacies of Galvani and Volta, and proposes a decidedly new image of these monumental figures.
Shocking Frogs
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Author : Marco Piccolino
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-04
Shocking Frogs written by Marco Piccolino and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-04 with Medical categories.
"... and still we could never suppose that fortune were to be so friendly to us, such as to allow us to be perhaps the first in handling, as it were, the electricity concealed in nerves, in extracting it from nerves, and, in some way, in putting it under everyone's eyes." With these words, Luigi Galvani announced to the world in 1791 his discovery that nervous conduction and muscle excitation are electrical phenomena. The result of more than years of intense experimental work, Galvani's milestone achievement concluded a thousand-year scientific search, in a field long dominated by the antiquated beliefs of classical science. Besides laying the grounds for the development of the modern neurosciences, Galvani's discovery also brought to light an invention that would forever change humankind's everyday life: the electric battery of Alessandro Volta. In an accessible style, written for specialists and general readers alike, Shocking Frogs retraces the steps of both scientific discoveries, starting with the initial hypotheses of the Enlightenment on the involvement of electricity in life processes. So doing, it also reveals the inconsistency of the many stereotypes that an uncritical cultural tradition has imparted to the legacies of Galvani and Volta, and proposes a decidedly new image of these monumental figures.
Shocking Frogs
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Author : Marco Piccolino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Shocking Frogs written by Marco Piccolino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Electrophysiology categories.
This title offers a completely new perspective on a fundamental episode of 18th-century science - leading, on one hand, to the discovery of the electric nature of nervous signals, and, on the other, to the invention of the electric battery.
We Are Electric
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Author : Sally Adee
language : en
Publisher: Canongate Books
Release Date : 2023-02-02
We Are Electric written by Sally Adee and has been published by Canongate Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-02-02 with Social Science categories.
A BEST BOOK OF 2023 FOR THE TELEGRAPH, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW SCIENTIST AND STYLIST A NEXT BIG IDEA CLUB MUST READ 2023 Discover the next frontier of scientific understanding: your body’s electrome. Every cell in your body – bones, skin, nerves, muscle – has a voltage, like a tiny battery. This bioelectricity is why your brain can send signals to your body, why it develops and how it heals itself. In We Are Electric, award-winning science writer Sally Adee explores the colourful history of bioelectricity and journeys into the remarkable future of the discipline, through today’s laboratories where real-world medical applications are being developed.
Frog
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Author : Charlotte Sleigh
language : en
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Release Date : 2012-06-15
Frog written by Charlotte Sleigh and has been published by Reaktion Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-15 with Nature categories.
As Kermit the Frog taught us—it’s not easy being green. With good reason, since you’ll likely be dissected in biology class or have your legs gobbled up by a hungry Frenchman. And yet, these slimy creatures have captured our imagination, appearing in everything from fairytales about frog princes to Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Jeremy Fisher and Arnold Lebel’s Frog and Toad. They even appear as a tasty chocolate snack in the Harry Potter series. Examining the significant role played by this slippery amphibian in art, literature, and popular culture, Charlotte Sleigh gives us an entertaining—and sometimes shocking—account of this both loved and misunderstood animal. Weaving the natural history of the frog together with its mythology, this witty book answers questions like why frogs have been so prominent in science throughout the years and what place the frog holds in religion. Sleigh also explores the frog’s many faces—the devilish and comic, sophisticated and chauvinist, the revolting and delicious. Featuring many images of frogs from nature and culture, Frog—the fiftieth entry into the Animal series—will draw pet owners, frog-leg devourers, and seekers of princes alike.
Frogs
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Author : Laurence Pringle
language : en
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Release Date : 2021-09-14
Frogs written by Laurence Pringle and has been published by Astra Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-14 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Are kids going to love this book? Is a frog waterproof? The latest title in the popular Strange and Wonderful series delivers the awe-inspiring variety of frogs, the world's hoppiest amphibians. Did you know that the Goliath frog is more than a foot long? Or that the tiny gold frog could sit on a dime? Some frogs have camouflage. Others wear bold colors warning their enemies that they are poisonous. Some frogs leap, others hop, one is a runner, and a few glide from tree to tree with their big, webbed hands and feet! Surprising facts and beautiful, realistic nature illustrations come together in this celebration of one of nature's most fascinating marvels.
Endangered Frogs
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Author : Molly Aloian
language : en
Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company
Release Date : 2006
Endangered Frogs written by Molly Aloian and has been published by Crabtree Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Frogs have been living on Earth for millions of Years. These amazing amphibians live both in water and on land and require not one, but two, safe and healthy habitats in which to live and find food. Endangered Frogs informs children about how sensitive frogs are to changes in their environments and why people need to protect them. In this fascinating book, children will learn: How frogs change from tadpoles to adults; Where frogs live and what they eat; The dangers of habitat destruction, pollution, and climate change; How people are helping frogs.
Fierce Frogs
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Author : Eleanor Snyder
language : en
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Release Date : 2016-07-15
Fierce Frogs written by Eleanor Snyder and has been published by Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Tiny colorful frogs seem like theyd make the cutest petsuntil you learn that theyre poisonous! In this riveting volume, readers head into the rainforest to meet tiny amphibians with a most deadly adaptation. Theyll learn where frog poison comes from and how perhaps just 0.0000004 ounce is enough to kill an adult man! Theyll also find out about the newly discovered species of venomous frogs that inject poison using their spiny head. Vivid photographs highlight the beauty of these creatures, while text stresses the need to keep a safe distance from all such fierce frogs.
Horrible And Soggy Meet A Frog
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Author : Archie Stevenson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2010
Horrible And Soggy Meet A Frog written by Archie Stevenson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Animals categories.
Boiling Frogs
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Author : Barbara Rockwell
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2005-12
Boiling Frogs written by Barbara Rockwell and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-12 with Nature categories.
The story goes that if you throw a frog into a pot of boiling water, he will jump out and save himself. If you place the same frog in a pot of cool water and slowly bring it to a boil, he will allow himself to be boiled to death. This is exactly what is happening to millions of people around the world. Industry has introduced tens of thousands of chemical compounds into our human environment since World War II. We are the frogs in a vast scientific experiment. In 1992, Intel Corporation tightened its grip on the mesa above the village of Corrales, New Mexico, building its two-billion-dollar flagship plant there. Soon the battle is on between the unholy triad of big money, big business, and politics and a band of "quaint guerillas" that see their peaceful rural lifestyle threatened by the new neighbor on the hill. Touted as a "clean industry," residents soon find out that making computer chips is anything but clean, as tons of toxic chemicals pollute the air they breathe, and their water is pumped out from under them at an alarming rate. Boiling Frogs is a shocking tell-all, a fully documented report of Intel's takeover of New Mexico, and a cautionary tale for anyone who wakes up to find out that a corporate monster has moved in next door.