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| ISBN: | 0585196524
9780585196527
9780262082792
0262082799
0262082799
9780262275866
0262275864
9780262582049
026258204X
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restricted to York University faculty, staff and students.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "The book is divided into four parts: biosonar, biological compasses, electroreception, and the scents of attraction. Although it is filled with fascinating descriptions of animal sensitivities - the sonar system of a bat, for example, rivals that of the most sophisticated human-made devices - the author's goal is to explain the anatomical and physiological principles that underlie them. Knowledge of these mechanisms has practical applications in areas as diverse as marine navigation, biomedical sciences, and nontoxic pest control. It can also help us to obtain a deeper understanding of more familiar sensory systems and the brain in general."--Jacket.
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| Other form: | Print version: Hughes, Howard C. Sensory exotica. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 1999 0262082799
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