Description: This beautifully illustrated and scholarly book examines the importance of electric fishes in science and medicine and how three species in particular shaped neurophysiology. Anchored in the philosophy and science of past epochs, it is the story of one of Nature's greatest puzzles. Over a long and tortuous path, it focuses on how some numbing fishes helped to make physiology modern.
Review Quotes: "...the exposition of the material is clear and straightforward... This detailed work will be most useful to professional scientists/historians in ichthyology, neurobiology, and the history of the medical sciences. Recommended." -- CHOICE
"An amazing book for anyone who wants to embrace the sense of wonder that fills science. This book explores the three majorly electrical fish (electric eels, torpedoes, and electric catfish) from both a scientific and a humanistic standpoint... If you want to have a look at civilization through the eyes of science and fish, this is the book for you." -- Kathy Cowley, Brigham Young University