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Very Good: A book that has been read and does not look new, but is in excellent condition. No ...
ISBN
9780674736818

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674736818
ISBN-13
9780674736818
eBay Product ID (ePID)
211414508

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
352 Pages
Publication Name
Animal Electricity : How We Learned That the Body and Brain Are Electric Machines
Language
English
Subject
Life Sciences / Neuroscience, Physics / Electricity, Life Sciences / Anatomy & Physiology (See Also Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & Physiology), Life Sciences / Biophysics, History, Life Sciences / Biology
Publication Year
2016
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Science
Author
Robert B. Campenot
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2015-014359
Reviews
Dr. Campenot 's writing is clear and effective and conveys the excitement of scientific discovery and the fascinating complexity of the living organism., A beautifully written, authoritative, and thoroughly engaging account of the electrical properties of nerve cells and what they accomplish. All of us--but especially students--will be reminded of the way progress understanding the nervous system actually unfolds, today's hyperbole notwithstanding., This is a good book. Its mix of schoolroom electricity and sophisticated cell biology is highly eccentric but this, I think, speaks much in Campenot's favor.
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
612.8/13
Synopsis
Like all cellular organisms, humans run on electricity. Slight imbalances of electric charge across cell membranes result in sensation, movement, awareness, and thinking--nearly everything we associate with being alive. Robert Campenot offers a comprehensive overview of animal electricity, examining its physiological mechanisms as well as the experimental discoveries that form the basis for our modern understanding of nervous systems across the animal kingdom. Cells work much like batteries. Concentration gradients of sodium and potassium cause these ions to flow in and out of cells by way of protein channels, creating tiny voltages across the cell membrane. The cellular mechanisms that switch these ion currents on and off drive all the functions associated with animal nervous systems, from nerve impulses and heartbeats to the 600-volt shocks produced by electric eels. Campenot's examination of the nervous system is presented in the context of ideas as they evolved in the past, as well as today's research and its future implications. The discussion ranges from the pre-Renaissance notion of animal spirits and Galvani's eighteenth-century discovery of animal electricity, to modern insights into how electrical activity produces learning and how electrical signals in the cortex can be used to connect the brains of paralyzed individuals to limbs or prosthetic devices. Campenot provides the necessary scientific background to make the book highly accessible for general readers while conveying much about the process of scientific discovery., Like all cellular organisms humans run on electricity. Cells work like batteries: slight imbalances of electric charge across cell membranes, caused by ions moving in and out of cells, result in sensation, movement, awareness, and thinking--the things we associate with being alive. Robert Campenot offers an accessible overview of animal electricity.
LC Classification Number
QP341.C36 2016

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