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001			on1035315986
003			OCoLC
005			20240726105103.0
008			180213s2018 quca ob 001 0 eng
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016			_a(AMICUS)000045286877
016			_z20189008970 (print)
020			_a9780773554092 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
050	0	4	_aQH641 _b.L865 2018
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aAnctil, Michel, _d1945- _e1
245	1	0	_aLuminous creatures : _bthe history and science of light production in living organisms / _cMichel Anctil.
260			_aMontreal ; _aKingston ; _aLondon ; _aChicago : _bMcGill-Queen's University Press, _c(c)2018.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 467 pages) : _billustrations, portraits
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
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520	0		_a"Charles Darwin was perplexed by the chaotic diversity of luminous organisms, which he found difficult to reconcile with his evolutionary theory. For other reasons bewilderment confronted many observers watching living lights throughout the ages. It fell on naturalists and scientists to try and make sense of the dazzling luminous displays by fireflies and other organisms. In Luminous Creatures, Michel Anctil shows how the 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. Naturalists since the Antiquity worked hard at dispelling fanciful ideas about the meaning of living lights by giving as reliable accounts of what they saw as was in their power. But it took the circumnavigations and oceanographic expeditions of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and the rise of the modern scientific method, for biologists to realize how widespread bioluminescence is on the planet and how diverse are its expressions in light organs and ecological imprints. 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 the recent explosion of knowledge on the ecology, evolution and molecular biology of bioluminescence. Luminous Creatures tracks these historical events and illuminates the lives and trail-blazing accomplishments of the scientists involved. It offers a unique window in the awe-inspiring, phantasmagorical world of light-producing organisms, viewed from the perspectives of the casual observer and science-maker alike."-- _cProvided by publisher.
505	0	0	_aGlows, flashes, and marvel-mongers -- _tThe age of enlightenment -- _tA deeper probing of nature aglow -- _tThe birth of scientific ocean exploration -- _tThe mystery of a lit underworld -- _tInside the light-producing organs -- _tPaolo Panceri and the Italian cohort -- _tRaphaël Dubois and the chemistry of living light -- _tBioluminescence spreads further afield -- _tE. Newton Harvey and the Princeton Laboratory -- _tThe Triumph of the biochemists -- _tThrough a glass, brightly : William Beebe's Bathysphere -- _tThe peculiar career of Yata Haneda -- _tCircling the luminaries -- _tA bioluminescence expedition -- _tProbing oceanic bioluminescence -- _tUnderstanding how light sources are controlled -- _tUnravelling molecular mechanisms.
530			_a2 _ub
650		0	_aBioluminescence _xHistory.
650		0	_aBioluminescence _xResearch _xHistory.
650		0	_aBiology _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1813164&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hQH _m2018 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell