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Higher and Colder
- A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration
Engelsk Hardback
Higher and Colder
- A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration
Engelsk Hardback

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During the long twentieth century, explorers went in unprecedented numbers to the hottest, coldest, and highest points on the globe. Taking us from the Himalayas to Antarctica and beyond, Higher and Colder presents the first history of extreme physiology, the study of the human body at its physical limits. Each chapter explores a seminal question in the history of science, while also showing how the apparently exotic locations and experiments contributed to broader political and social shifts in twentieth-century scientific thinking. Unlike most books on modern biomedicine, Higher and Colder focuses on fieldwork, expeditions, and exploration, and in doing so provides a welcome alternative to laboratory-dominated accounts of the history of modern life sciences. Although this is a book about two male dominated practices--science and exploration--it recovers the stories of women's contributions, sometimes accidentally, and sometimes deliberately, erased.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
264
ISBN-13:
9780226650883
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
022665088X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
16 sep 2019
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
159mm
Højde:
232mm
Forlag:
The University of Chicago Press
Oplagsdato:
16 sep 2019
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge