Drawing a spark from darkness : John Walsh and electric fish / Marco Piccolino and Marco Bresadola.

The shocking history of electric fishes : from ancient epochs to the birth of modern neurophysiology / Stanley Finger, Marco Piccolino.

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Electric fishes

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Drawing a spark from darkness : John Walsh and electric fish / Marco Piccolino and Marco Bresadola.

The shocking history of electric fishes : from ancient epochs to the birth of modern neurophysiology / Stanley Finger, Marco Piccolino.