Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration, Hardcover/Vanessa Heggie

Descriere YEO:

Higher and Colder: A History - Disponibil la elefant.ro

Pe YEO găsești Higher and Colder: A History de la University of Chicago Press, în categoria Foreign Books.

Indiferent de nevoile tale, Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration, Hardcover/Vanessa Heggie din categoria Foreign Books îți poate aduce un echilibru perfect între calitate și preț, cu avantaje practice și moderne.

Preț: 299.99 Lei

Caracteristicile produsului Higher and Colder: A History

• Brand: University of Chicago Press
• Categoria: Foreign Books
• Magazin: elefant.ro
• Ultima actualizare: 08-12-2024 01:33:56

Comandă Higher and Colder: A History Online, Simplu și Rapid

Prin intermediul platformei YEO, poți comanda Higher and Colder: A History de la elefant.ro rapid și în siguranță. Bucură-te de o experiență de cumpărături online optimizată și descoperă cele mai bune oferte actualizate constant.

Descriere magazin:
During the long twentieth century, explorers went in unprecedented numbers to the hottest, coldest, and highest points on the globe. Taking us from the Himalaya 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. Though centered on male-dominated practices--science and exploration--it recovers the stories of women\'s contributions that were sometimes accidentally, and sometimes deliberately, erased. Engaging and provocative, this book is a history of the scientists and physiologists who face challenges that are physically demanding, frequently dangerous, and sometimes fatal, in the interest of advancing modern science and pushing the boundaries of human ability. About the Author Vanessa Heggie is a lecturer in the history of medicine and science at the Institute of Applied Health Research at the University of Birmingham. She is the author of A History of British Sports Medicine and was coauthor of the Guardian blog The H-Word from 2012 to 2017.