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Higher and colder : a history of extreme physiology and exploration / Vanessa Heggie
By: Heggie, Vanessa [author]
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BookPublisher: Chicago, Illinois ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2019Description: 253 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 24 centimetres.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780226650883.Subject(s): Extreme environments -- Physiological effect -- History | Cold regions -- Physiological effect -- History | Mountaineering -- Physiological aspects -- History
Contents:
Introduction: higher and colder -- Gasping lungs -- Frozen fields -- Local knowledge -- Blood on the mountain -- Conclusion: death and other frontiers.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Book | Science Museum London Dana Research Centre Library: Books | Science & Technology Studies Collection | 613.6:93 HEGGIE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 2402389125 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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