03378nam 2200901 450 991079576260332120230527060106.09780228012214(electronic book)0-2280-1221-X0-2280-1222-810.1515/9780228012214(MiAaPQ)EBC6950293(Au-PeEL)EBL6950293(CKB)21496999900041(DE-B1597)654831(DE-B1597)9780228012214(EXLCZ)992149699990004120230527d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAnimal as machine the quest to understand how animals work and adapt /Michel AnctilMontreal, Quebec :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (343 pages)Print version: Anctil, Michel Animal As Machine Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press,c2022 9780228010531 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 -- IndexAnimal 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.PhysiologyHistoryHistory.fastInformational works.lcgftBelgian School.Bernd Heinrich.Bodil Schmidt-Nielsen.Brains.C Ladd Prosser.Charles Darwin.Edward Stuart Russell.Eric Kandel.Fish.Georges Cuvier.History.Integrative.Metabolism.Naples Zoological Station.Neural.Steven Pinker.William Hoar.Woods Hole.adaptation.anatomy.biology.comparative biochemistry.environment.evolution.form.functional.learning.modification.physiology.science.structure.survival.zoophysiology.PhysiologyHistory.612cci1icclaccAnctil Michel1945-1550088MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910795762603321Animal as machine3808670UNINA