Categoria: Libri in altre lingue
The Ambiguos frog. The Galvani-Volta Controversy on Animal Electricity
This book deals with an exemplary episode in the history of science: the controversy between the supporters of Luigi Galvani’s theory of animal electricity and its opponents, led by Alessandro Volta. The episode’s importance was aptly described by one of the scientists extensively involved in its early aftermath: “The storm aroused by the publication of…