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Anctil Michel <1945-> |
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Titolo |
Animal as machine : the quest to understand how animals work and adapt / / Michel Anctil |
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Montreal, Quebec : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , [2022] |
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©2022 |
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ISBN |
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9780228012214 |
0-2280-1221-X |
0-2280-1222-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (343 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Physiology - History |
History |
Informational works. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Prologue -- Chronology -- An Unspoken Branch of Natural History -- The Uncertain Beginnings -- Building Sound Foundations -- The Turning Point -- American Schools of Comparative Physiology -- The Belgian School and the Rise of Comparative Biochemistry -- The Canadian Way: Fish Physiology and Biochemistry -- A Showcase of Animals Living on the Edge -- Learning How Animal Brains Work -- Learning How Chemicals Rule Animal Moods -- Epilogue -- References -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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