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Body heat : temperature and life on earth
- Title
- Body heat : temperature and life on earth / Mark S. Blumberg.
- Author
- Blumberg, Mark Samuel, 1961-
- Publication
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QP135 .B584 2002 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 240 pages : illustrations; 19 cm
- Summary
- "Whether you're a polar bear giving birth to cubs in an Arctic winter, a camel going days without water in the desert heat, or merely a suburbanite without air conditioning in a heat wave, your comfort and even survival depend on how well you adapt to extreme temperatures.".
- "In this book, the biopsychologist Mark Blumberg explores the many ways that temperature rules the lives of all animals (including us). He moves from the physical principles that govern the flow of heat in and out of our bodies to the many complex evolutionary devices animals use to exploit those principles for their own benefit."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Temperature: A User's Guide -- 2. Behave Yourself -- 3. Then Bake at 98.6[degree]F for 400,000 Minutes -- 4. Everything in Its Place -- 5. Cold New World -- 6. Fever All through the Night -- 7. The Heat of Passion -- 8. Livin' off the Fat -- 9. The Light Goes Out.
- ISBN
- 067400762X (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001051648
- OCLC
- ocm48162830
- SCSB-4262933
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries