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Animal as Machine: The Quest to Understand How Animals Work and Adapt

By Michel Anctil

Book information

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Year
2022
ISBN
9780228012214
DOI
10.1515/9780228012214
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
48 MB (50715687 bytes)
Pages
\343
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-09-26 20:31:39

Description

Recounting the adventures of natural historians and zoologists who disassembled the machinery and adaptability of animal functions. 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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