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Higher and Colder
Vanessa Heggie
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A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration
出版University of Chicago Press, 2019-08-02
主題Science / GeneralScience / Life Sciences / Human Anatomy & PhysiologyScience / HistoryMedical / Physiology
ISBN022665088X9780226650883
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cbGhDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.