Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Mora, Francisco (Mora Teruel), author.
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| ISBN: | 058532056X
9780585320564
0262071983
9780262071987
0262515342
9780262515344
9780262071987
0262071983
9780262273886
0262273888
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| Digital file characteristics: | data file
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| Notes: | "A Bradford book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-263) and index.
English.
Print version record.
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| Summary: | "The book first traces the story of the brain throughout evolution and shows how the control of body temperature as a survival mechanism was achieved. It then goes on to discuss the mechanisms of our environmental independence, why a body temperature of 37[degrees]C (only five degrees from death) is essential for humans, and how this narrow temperature range is defended. It describes how we cope with environmental extremes, the function of fevers, and why thermoregulation is best understood through a combination of physiological and cognitive approaches."--Jacket.
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| Other form: | Print version: Gisolfi, Carl V. Hot brain. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2000 0262071983
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