{"product_id":"spark-from-the-deep-william-j-turkel-9781421409818","title":"Spark from the Deep: How Shocking Experiments with Strongly Electric Fish Powered Scientific Discovery","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow encounters with strongly electric fish informed our grasp of electricity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpark from the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how human beings came to understand and use electricity by studying the evolved mechanisms of strongly electric fish. These animals have the ability to shock potential prey or would-be predators with high-powered electrical discharges.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam J. Turkel asks completely fresh questions about the evolutionary, environmental, and historical aspects of people's interest in electric fish. Stimulated by painful encounters with electric catfish, torpedos, and electric eels, people learned to harness the power of electric shock for medical therapies and eventually developed technologies to store, transmit, and control electricity. Now we look to these fish as an inspiration for engineering new sensors, computer interfaces, autonomous undersea robots, and energy-efficient batteries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William J. Turkel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 142140981X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781421409818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.24h x 6.23w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2014","brand":"William J. Turkel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43934796349695,"sku":"9781421409818","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_da41e3f6-3f36-4f2b-b646-917d18826814.jpg?v=1681416099","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/spark-from-the-deep-william-j-turkel-9781421409818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}