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Life At The Extremes
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Author : Frances Ashcroft
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2002-03-18
Life At The Extremes written by Frances Ashcroft and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-03-18 with Science categories.
Explores the limits of human survival and the physiological adaptations that enable us to exist under extreme conditions. The author reviews limits to human life underwater, at high altitudes, at high speeds, at micro levels, and at freezing and hot temperatures.
Life At Extremes
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Author : Elanor Bell
language : en
Publisher: CABI
Release Date : 2012
Life At Extremes written by Elanor Bell and has been published by CABI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Science categories.
From arid deserts to icy poles, outer space to the depths of the sea, this exciting new work studies the remarkable life forms that have made these inhospitable environments their home. Covering not only micro-organisms, but also higher plants and animals such as worms, fish and polar plants, this book details the ecological, biological and biogeochemical challenges these organisms face and unifying themes between environments. Equally useful for the expert, student and casual scientific reader, this book also explores the impact of climate change, rapid seasonal changes and pollution on these extraordinary creatures.
Life In Extreme Environments
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Author : Guido di Prisco
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-15
Life In Extreme Environments written by Guido di Prisco and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-15 with Nature categories.
A diverse account of how life exists in extreme environments and these systems' susceptibility and resilience to climate change.
A Life Of Extremes
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Author : Max Quinn
language : en
Publisher: Exisle Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-01
A Life Of Extremes written by Max Quinn and has been published by Exisle Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-01 with Nature categories.
Since 1991 when he spent 11 months filming the wildlife of Antarctica, Max Quinn has been the go-to filmmaker for documentaries such as Expedition Antarctica (2010), Hunting the Ice Whale (2013) and South America’s Weirdest (2019). A Life of Extremes tells the stories and shares the stunning images from Quinn’s 20 years of adventures in polar climates. Be it travelling 80 kilometres over crevassed ice to a lonely colony of Emperor penguins, or figuring out how to keep cameras warm in the coldest places on earth, Max Quinn has a story to tell about it. Natural history fans will be enthralled by the rich and layered stories, while film buffs will marvel at techniques required to keep the camera rolling when pushed to the absolute limit of endurance. Become inspired to leave the tourist trail behind with this unique book about what life is like behind the camera, beyond public transport and even human habitation. Learn about dog sled racing, the last great ice age, penguin colonies, and everything else that happens in the immensely beautiful landscapes where the temperature is permanently below freezing.
Life At The Extremes
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Author : Frances M. Ashcroft
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Life At The Extremes written by Frances M. Ashcroft and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Adaptation (Physiology) categories.
The challenge of scaling the highest mountain, exploring the deepest ocean, crossing the hottest desert, or swimming in near-freezing water is irresistible to many people. Here is an exploration of what happens to our bodies in these seemingly uninhabitable environments. Author Ashcroft weaves stories of extraordinary feats of endurance with historical material and the latest scientific findings as she investigates the limits of human survival and the remarkable adaptations that enable us to withstand extreme conditions.--From publisher description.
Surviving The Extremes
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Author : Kenneth Kamler
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2012-01-01
Surviving The Extremes written by Kenneth Kamler and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Surgeon, VP of The Explorer's Club, veteran of Everest climbs (such as the one documented in INTO THIN AIR, on which he was attending physician). NASA consultant and the world's foremost extreme doctor, Ken Kamler knows what happens when bodies are pushed to their limits and beyond. He has hung from ice crevasses and pushed himself into pitch-black underwater caves, and seen who survived and who didn't. There are those who can cut off their arms to save their lives and those who cannot. This captivating book takes readers into six environments: underwater, water surface, jungle, desert, high altitude and outer space. Kamler explores the body's reactions to heat, cold, pressure, starvation and exhaustion and reveals its miraculous survival strategies. Here is a scientific nail-biter that takes readers where no 'reality' television show who dare to go, and proves in intimate, harrowing and unforgettable detail what surival really means.
Extremes
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Author : Kevin Fong
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2013-03-14
Extremes written by Kevin Fong and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-14 with Medical categories.
In anaesthetist Dr Kevin Fong's television programmes he has often demonstrated the impact of extremes on the human body by using his own body as a 'guinea pig'. So Dr Fong is well placed to share his experience of the sheer audacity of medical practice at extreme physiological limits, where human life is balanced on a knife edge. Through gripping accounts of extraordinary events and pioneering medicine, Dr Fong explores how our body responds when tested by the extremes of heat and cold, vacuum and altitude, age and disease. He shows how science, technology and medicine have taken what was once lethal in the world and made it survivable. This is not only a book about medicine, but also about exploration in its broadest sense - and about how, by probing the very limits of our biology, we may ultimately return with a better appreciation of how our bodies work, of what life is, and what it means to be human.
Inside Concentration Camps
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Author : Maja Suderland
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2013-12-17
Inside Concentration Camps written by Maja Suderland and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-12-17 with Social Science categories.
Terror was central to the Nazi regime, and the Nazi concentration camps were places of horror where prisoners were dehumanized and robbed of their dignity and where millions were murdered. How did prisoners cope with the brutal and degrading conditions of life within the camps? In this highly original book Maja Suderland takes the reader inside the concentration camps and examines the everyday social life of prisoners - their daily activities and routines, the social relationships and networks they created and the strategies they developed to cope with the harsh conditions and the brutality of the guards. Without overlooking the violence of the camps, the contradictions of camp life or the elusive complexity of the multicultural prisoner society, Suderland explores the hidden social practices that enabled prisoners to preserve their human dignity and create a sense of individuality and community despite the appalling circumstances. This remarkable account of social life in extreme conditions will be of great interest to students and scholars in history, sociology and the social sciences generally, as well as to a wider readership interested in the Holocaust and the concentration camps.
The Extremes
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Author : Christopher Priest
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2011-07-14
The Extremes written by Christopher Priest and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-14 with Fiction categories.
British-born Teresa Simons returns to England after the death of her husband, an FBI agent, who was killed by an out-of-control gunman while on assignment in Texas. A shocking coincidence has drawn her to the run-down south coast town of Bulverton, where a gunman's massacre has haunting similarities to the murders in Texas. Desperate to unravel the mystery, Teresa turns to the virtual reality world of Extreme Experience, ExEx, now commercially available since she trained on it in the US. The best and worst of human experience can be found in ExEx, and in the extremes of violence Teresa finds that past and present combine ... Christopher Priest is a genre-leading author of SFF fiction. His novel, THE PRESTIGE, won a number of awards and was adapted into a critically acclaimed, Oscar-nominated film directed by Christopher Nolan (TENET, INCEPTION) starring Hugh Jackman (THE GREATEST SHOWMAN, X-MEN), Christian Bale (THE BIG SHORT, BATMAN BEGINS), Michael Caine (THE ITALIAN JOB) and Scarlett Johansson (MARRIAGE STORY, THE AVENGERS).
The Extreme Life Of The Sea
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Author : Stephen R. Palumbi
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-09-15
The Extreme Life Of The Sea written by Stephen R. Palumbi and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-15 with Nature categories.
The Extreme Life of the Sea exposes the eternal darkness of the deepest undersea trenches to show how marine life thrives against the odds, describing how flying fish strain to escape their predators, how predatory deep-sea fish use red searchlights only they can see to find and attack food, and how, at the end of her life, a mother octopus dedicates herself to raising her batch of young.