Book ID: CBB963440719

Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration (2019)

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Heggie, Vanessa (Author)


University of Chicago Press


Publication Date: 2019
Physical Details: 264
Language: English

During the long twentieth century, explorers went in unprecedented numbers to the hottest, coldest, and highest points on the globe. Taking us from the Himalaya to Antarctica and beyond, Higher and Colder presents the first history of extreme physiology, the study of the human body at its physical limits. Each chapter explores a seminal question in the history of science, while also showing how the apparently exotic locations and experiments contributed to broader political and social shifts in twentieth-century scientific thinking.   Unlike most books on modern biomedicine, Higher and Colder focuses on fieldwork, expeditions, and exploration, and in doing so provides a welcome alternative to laboratory-dominated accounts of the history of modern life sciences. Though centered on male-dominated practices—science and exploration—it recovers the stories of women’s contributions that were sometimes accidentally, and sometimes deliberately, erased. Engaging and provocative, this book is a history of the scientists and physiologists who face challenges that are physically demanding, frequently dangerous, and sometimes fatal, in the interest of advancing modern science and pushing the boundaries of human ability.

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Review Tarquin Holmes (2021) Review of "Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 239-240). unapi

Review Tess Lanzarotta (2020) Review of "Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration". Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 199-201). unapi

Review Andi Johnson (2021) Review of "Higher and Colder: A History of Extreme Physiology and Exploration". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 198-199). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Generali, Dario
Dröscher, Ariane
Pan, Mei-Ling
Weckowska, Dagmara
Saulnier, Katie Michelle
Joly, Yann
Concepts
Life sciences
Science and society
Experiments and experimentation
Scientists
Biology
Science and politics
Time Periods
21st century
20th century
19th century
18th century
17th century
20th century, late
Places
Italy
United States
Europe
Hawaii (U.S.)
Germany
Taiwan
Institutions
School of Milan
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
American Physical Society
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