The principal objective of this book is to provide information needed to define human thermal behavior quantitatively. Human thermal physiology is defined using

How do mammals manage to maintain their body temperature within the same narrow range in environments as different as polar regions and hot deserts? This advanc

The book traces the story of the brain throughout evolution and shows how the control of body temperature as a survival mechanism was achieved.

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Whether 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 c