Spark from the Deep : : How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery.

• Superior document: Animals History Culture Series
• Author: Turkel, William J.
• Place / Publishing House: Baltimore : : Johns Hopkins University Press,, 2013.; Ã2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Animals History Culture Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 pages)

Now we look to these fish as an inspiration for engineering new sensors, computer interfaces, autonomous undersea robots, and energy-efficient batteries.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Strongly Electric Fish -- 2 Modeling Animal Electricity -- 3 Electrophysiology -- 4 The Spark of Life -- 5 Evolutionary Theories -- 6 Electric Currents -- 7 Discovering Electric Worlds -- Conclusion Nothing but a Movement of Electrons -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.