Marco Piccolino, Marco Bresadola

Gebundenes Buch

Shocking Frogs

Galvani, Volta, and the Electric Origins of Neuroscience

Beschreibung

Shocking frogs offers a completely new perspective on a fundamental episode of eighteenth-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.

Autor

Marco Piccolino was Professor of General Physiology and Lecturer in Science at the University of Ferrara until 2010. As a neurophysiologist, he has made important contributions to the study of retinal mechanisms involved in vision. His books on science history cover electrophysiology, vision, and Galileo. Marco Bresadola is an historian of science and director of the Master's in Journalism and Science Communication at the University of Ferrara. He studies the history of early modern life sciences and medicine with a special focus on scientific practices and biographies.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 763g
• ISBN-13: 9780199782161
• ISBN-10: 0199782164
• Artikelnr.: 37313240