LEADER 03634nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910814234103321 005 20240416151857.0 010 $a0-674-26212-3 010 $a0-674-02376-5 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674023765 035 $a(CKB)1000000000805515 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH24023340 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000113552 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12017255 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000113552 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100162 035 $a(PQKB)10183209 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300584 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300584 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10326129 035 $a(OCoLC)923112232 035 $a(DE-B1597)574739 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674023765 035 $a(OCoLC)1248759933 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000805515 100 $a20011011d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBody heat $etemperature and life on earth /$fMark S. Blumberg 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge, MA $cHarvard University Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (256 p. ) $cill 300 $aOriginally published: 2002. 311 $a0-674-00762-X 311 $a0-674-01369-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 219-229) and index. 327 $aIntroduction 1. Temperature: A User's Guide 2. Behave Yourself 3. Then Bake at 98.6°F for 400,000 Minutes 4. Everything in Its Place 5. Cold New World 6. Fever All through the Night 7. The Heat of Passion 8. Livin' off the Fat 9. The Light Goes Out Epilogue Bibliography Acknowledgments Index 330 $aIn this illuminating book, biopsychologist Mark Blumberg explores the many ways that temperature rules the lives of all animals. In the process Blumberg tells wonderful stories of evolutionary and scientific ingenuity. 330 $bWhether 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 entertaining and illuminating book, 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. In the process Blumberg tells wonderful stories of evolutionary and scientific ingenuity--how penguins withstand Antarctic winters by huddling together by the thousands, how vulnerable embryos of many species are to extremes of temperature during their development, why people survive hour-long drowning accidents in winter but not in summer, how certain plants generate heat (the skunk cabbage enough to melt snow around it). We also hear of systems gone awry--how desert species given too much water can drink themselves into bloated immobility, why anorexics often complain of feeling cold, and why you can't sleep if the room is too hot or too cold. After reading this book, you'll never look at a thermostat in quite the same way again. 606 $aBody temperature$xRegulation 606 $aAnimal heat 615 0$aBody temperature$xRegulation. 615 0$aAnimal heat. 676 $a571.46 700 $aBlumberg$b Mark Samuel$f1961-$01699725 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910814234103321 996 $aBody heat$94082206 997 $aUNINA