Life at the Extremes
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Life at the Extremes by Frances Ashcroft
Man can only tolerate a limited range of environmental conditions, whereas other lifeforms thrive in the most intense conditions - in extreme heat or many, many leagues under the sea in utter darkness or deep in the middle of rocks. Why is this so? How do people survive extremes of heat, cold, depth and height? For the geneticist, inheritance is all. But for the physiologist, extremism is all. This book explores the limits to human survival and the physiological adaptations which enable us to exist under extreme conditions.
* 'For would-be explorers snuggled up in their armchairs -- or, indeed stretched out on the beach -- Dr Ashcroft's book, with its many vicarious thrills, makes for ideal holiday reading' Economist
Frances Ashcroft is a professor of Physiology at Oxford and a Fellow of Trinity College and the Royal Society. She divides her time between research on insulin (the hormone that controls the blood sugar level), teaching and writing books. She has experienced several of the extremes discussed in this book, but has yet to try spaceflight. This is her first work for the general reader.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9780002559461 |
| ISBN 10 | 0002559463 |
| Titel | Life at the Extremes |
| Autor | Frances Ashcroft |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2000-07-03 |
| Seitenanzahl | 400 |
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