Life at the Extremes: [The Science of Survival] - Softcover

Ashcroft, Frances

 
9780006551256: Life at the Extremes: [The Science of Survival]
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0006551254 ISBN 13: 9780006551256
Verlag: Flamingo, 2001

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The debut of a female Steve Jones – likeable, literate, lucid and laconic. A sprightly, lavishly illustrated book on the science of human survival.

How do people survive extremes of heat, cold, depth, speed and altitude? This book explores the limits of human survival and the physiological adaptations which enable us to exist under extreme conditions. In man’s battle for survival in the harshest of environments, the knowledge imparted by physiology, the ‘logic of life’, is crucial. What causes mountain sickness? Why is it possible to reach the top of Everest without supplementary oxygen, yet be killed if a plane depressurises suddenly at the same altitude. Why are astronauts unable to stand without fainting when they return to Earth? Why do human divers get the bends but sperm whales don’t? Will men always be able to run faster than women? Why don’t penguins get frostbite?

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Frances Ashcroft is Professor of Physiology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Trinity College. Her scientific research has garnered many awards. Having contributed to many learned journals and academic studies, she has also written for the uninitiated, non-specialist reader.

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How do people survive extremes of heat, cold, depth, speed and altitude? This book explores the limits to human survival and the physiological adaptations which enable us to exist under extreme conditions. In man's battle for survival in the harshest of environments, the knowledge imparted by physiology, the 'logic of life', is crucial. What causes mountain sickness? Why is it possible to reach the top of Everest without supplementary oxygen, yet if your plane depressurises suddenly at the same altitude, you're dead? Why are astronauts unable to stand without fainting when they return to Earth? Why do human divers get the Bends but sperm whales don't? Will men always be able to run faster than women? Why don't penguins get frostbite?

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Verlag
Flamingo
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0006551254
ISBN 13 
9780006551256
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
352
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