Luminous creatures: the history and science of light production in living organisms

Prologue

Part one: Groping in the dark. 1. Glows, flashes, and marvel-mongers ; 2. The Age of Enlightenment ; 3. A deeper probing of nature aglow

Part two: The lights beneath the surface. 4. The birth of scientific ocean exploration ; 5. The mystery of a lit underworld ; 6. Inside the light-producing organs

Part three: Opening up new vistas of research. 7. Paolo Panceri and the Italian cohort ; 8. Raphaël Dubois and the chemistry of living light ; 9. Bioluminescence spreads further afield

Part four: The American ascendancy. 10. E. Newton Harvey and the Princeton Laboratory ; 11. The triumph of the biochemists ; 12. Through a glass, brightly

William Beebe's bathysphere

Part five: Off centre stage. 13. The peculiar career of Yata Haneda ; 14. Circling the luminaries ; 15. A bioluminesence expedition

Part six: The leap to current understanding. 16. Probing oceanic bioluminescence ; 17. Understanding how light sources are controlled ; 18. Unravelling molecular mechanisms

Epilogue.

Glows, flashes, and marvel-mongers

The age of enlightenment

A deeper probing of nature aglow

The birth of scientific ocean exploration

The mystery of a lit underworld

Inside the light-producing organs

Paolo Panceri and the Italian cohort

Raphaël Dubois and the chemistry of living light

Bioluminescence spreads further afield

E. Newton Harvey and the Princeton Laboratory

The Triumph of the biochemists

Through a glass, brightly : William Beebe's Bathysphere

The peculiar career of Yata Haneda

Circling the luminaries

A bioluminescence expedition

Probing oceanic bioluminescence

Understanding how light sources are controlled

Unravelling molecular mechanisms.