Body Heat
Subtitle: Temperature and Life on Earth
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: April 26, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780674007628
Subjects: Climatology; Zoology & animal sciences; Temperature Regulation (Physiology); Science; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Anatomy & Physiology; Animal heat; Body temperature; Regulation
Description: "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.