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Book
Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival
BMJ 2001; 322 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7283.437 (Published 17 February 2001) Cite this as: BMJ 2001;322:437
- Frances Ashcroft,
- Grant Hutchison, consultant anaesthetist
- Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
Harper Collins, £17.99, pp 326
ISBN 0 00 255946 3
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This book is aimed at the general reader and deals with human and animal adaptation to extreme conditions: high altitude, diving, heat and cold adaptation, the limits on athletic performance, and the physiological derangements of space flight. The style is anecdotal and episodic. Pure physiological discussions cover only a page or two at a time, short enough …
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