The Hot Brain
Survival, Temperature, and the Human Body
1st edition
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Word Count
71,500 words, Guess
Page Count
286 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivehotbrainsurvival00mora
- Internet Archivehotbrainsurvival0000giso
- ISBN-100262071983
- ISBN-139780262071987
- LibraryThing770255
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- Goodreads247717
- Library of Congress Control Number99031037
- OCLC Control Number45844177
- OCLC Control Number41299366
- Better World Books9780262071987
- Open LibraryOL10237039M
Classifications
- LCCQP135.G55 2000
- LCCQP135 .G55 2000
- LCCQP135 .G55 2000eb
Description
"The book first traces the story of the brain throughout evolution and shows how the control of body temperature as a survival mechanism was achieved. It then goes on to discuss the mechanisms of our environmental independence, why a body temperature of 37[degrees]C (only five degrees from death) is essential for humans, and how this narrow temperature range is defended. It describes how we cope with environmental extremes, the function of fevers, and why thermoregulation is best understood through a combination of physiological and cognitive approaches."--Jacket.
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