Anctil Animal as Machine

The Quest to Understand How Animals Work and Adapt
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-0-2280-1221-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Animal as Machine explores the life, work, and ideas of scientists who subscribed to mechanistic concepts to explain how animals process food, breathe, circulate their blood, and sense their environment. A remarkable story of the larger-than-life personalities and historical episodes that marked the emergence of animal physiology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anctil, Michel

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Tierkunde / Zoologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften, Biologie: Sachbuch, Naturführer

Über Autor(innen)

Anctil Michel:
Michel Anctil is honorary professor of biology at Université de Montréal and author of Dawn of the Neuron: The Early Struggles to Trace the Origin of Nervous Systems and Luminous Creatures: The History and Science of Light Production in Living Organisms.Michel Anctil is honorary professor of biology at the Université de Montréal and author of Dawn of the Neuron: The Early Struggles to Trace the Origin of Nervous Systems and Luminous Creatures: The History and Science of Light Production in Living Organisms.