Luminous Fish

Author : Lynn Margulis
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1933392339
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luminous Fish written by Lynn Margulis and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first story, "Conceits (Howard)," Ren studies chemistry and dates the monumentally self-absorbed Howard Fein, a medical student whose selfishness results in lifelong repercussions for Ren. Later, in "Gases (Raoul)," Ren has a toxic affair with fellow atmospheric chemist Raoul Gautier, who alternately accepts and rejects her advances. In "The Estimator (Georges)," readers meet Georges Standon, a space scientist haunted by the long-ago disappearance of his wife, Odile.

Author : Michel Anctil
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773554106
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luminous Creatures written by Michel Anctil and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Lynn Margulis
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1603580395
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luminous Fish written by Lynn Margulis and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2007-03-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of linked stories by internationally renowned evolutionist Lynn Margulis reveals science from the inside--its thrills, disappointments, and triumphs. A largely fictional account, it draws on her decades of experience to portray the poor judgment, exhaustion, and life-threatening dedication of real scientists--their emotional preoccupations, sexual distractions, and passions for research. The esoteric, demanding, sometimes exhilarating world of science emerges from the shadows of its passive narrative into the sunlight of the personal voice of those who attempt to wrench secrets directly from nature. All of us who struggle to balance family, professional, and social commitments with intellectual quest will be intrigued by the humanity of these tales.

Author : Theodore L. Flood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chautauquan written by Theodore L. Flood and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Total Pages : 1698 pages
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Author : Ramasamy Santhanam
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1000873889
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biology and Ecology of Bioluminescent Marine Fishes written by Ramasamy Santhanam and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2023-10-06 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This enlightening new volume details over 200 species of bioluminescent marine fishes along with their biotechnological and therapeutic applications. It delves into the chemistry, diversity, biology, and functions of these fishes. Bioluminescence, which is a type of chemiluminescence and is a "cold living light," is seen in a wide variety of organisms from bacteria to fish. The chemicals and circumstances of this phenomenon are used for biotechnological, commercial, and therapeutic applications. Bioluminescence imaging technology has provided valuable means for the monitoring of different biological processes for immunology, oncology, virology, and neuroscience. A new emerging biological technique that combines luminescence with optogenetics involves the use of light to control cells, particularly neurons, in living tissue. Bioluminescence may also be as a potential form of green energy. The author states that more than 75% of deep-sea creatures (700 marine genera within 16 phyla) have been estimated to possess this phenomenon of bioluminescence. While marine plants do not display bioluminescence, several organisms such as the dinoflagellate, cnidarian, jellyfish, ostracod crustacean, molluscan squids and lantern fish are well known for their luminescence. Bioluminescence is employed by marine organisms mainly to hunt their prey, to defend against predators and in reproduction. This scientifically comprehensive and well-illustrated book will serve as an essential standard reference for students and teachers as well as marine biologists, fisheries scientists, zoologists, and environmentalists.

Author : Jagannathan Thirumalai
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535127624
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Luminescence written by Jagannathan Thirumalai and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to give readers a broad review of topical worldwide advancements in theoretical and experimental facts, instrumentation and practical applications erudite by luminescent materials and their prospects in dealing with different types of luminescence like photoluminescence, electroluminescence, thermo-luminescence, triboluminescence, bioluminescence design and applications. The additional part of this book deals with the dynamics, rare-earth ions, photon down-/up-converting materials, luminescence dating, lifetime, bioluminescence microscopical perspectives and prospects towards the basic research or for more advanced applications. This book is divided into four main sections: luminescent materials and their associated phenomena; photo-physical properties and their emerging applications; thermoluminescence dating: from theory to applications, and bioluminescence perspectives and prospects. Individual chapters should serve the broad spectrum of common readers of diverse expertise, layman, students and researchers, who may in this book find easily elucidated fundamentals as well as progressive principles of specific subjects associated with these phenomena. This book was created by 14 contributions from experts in different fields of luminescence and technology from over 20 research institutes worldwide.

Author : Daniel Pauly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139451812
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Darwin's Fishes written by Daniel Pauly and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-08-27 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Darwin's Fishes, Daniel Pauly presents an encyclopaedia of ichthyology, ecology and evolution, based upon everything that Charles Darwin ever wrote about fish. Entries are arranged alphabetically and can be about, for example, a particular fish taxon, an anatomical part, a chemical substance, a scientist, a place, or an evolutionary or ecological concept. The reader can start wherever they like and are then led by a series of cross-references on a fascinating voyage of interconnected entries, each indirectly or directly connected with original writings from Darwin himself. Along the way, the reader is offered interpretation of the historical material put in the context of both Darwin's time and that of contemporary biology and ecology. This book is intended for anyone interested in fishes, the work of Charles Darwin, evolutionary biology and ecology, and natural history in general.

Author : Charles Frederick Holder
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living Lights written by Charles Frederick Holder and published by . This book was released on 1887 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 712 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natural History written by and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: