Physiological Function in Special Environments - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1461281563 ISBN 13 : 9781461281566

Editeur : Springer, 2011

Synopsis

The numerous ways in which man and animals are affected by their physical environment, and the inborn and adaptive responses to change in the "milieu exterieur" have fascinated curious minds since the earliest days of recorded history. Development of the scientific method with its emphasis on evidence obtained through experimentation-perhaps best illustrated in this field by Paul Bert's encyclopedic work-allowed several generations of our predecessors to establish firmly some facts and reject erroneous beliefs, but it was only during the early 1940s that environmental physiology put on its seven-league boots. In 1941, a young physiologist named Hermann Rahn was recruited by Wallace O. Fenn, then Chairman of the Department of Physiology at the University of Rochester, who was engaged in a study of the effects of altitude on human performance. The years that followed witnessed some of Hermann Rahn's early achievements not only in the area of altitude, but in other aspects of environmental physiology as well. In particular, he participated in the definitive studies of human adaptive mechanisms in arid climates which formed the basis of Edward Adolph's classic "Physi- ology of Man in the Desert" (Wiley/Interscience, NY 1947). During those golden years, environmental physiology flourished, and important dis- coveries were reported in a seemingly endless stream from many labora- tories.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This comprehensive review incorporates recent findings in the area of environmental physiology. Well-known experts discuss physiological function in special environments at several levels, from individual cells to entire organisms of animals and man. The book will serve as a primary reference source on mechanisms of adaptation to stresses imposed by altitude and hypoxia, diving and life in water, high and low gravitational forces, and unusual patterns of gas exchange. As becomes apparent in the course of the volume, these outwardly dissimilar special environments have common features from a physiological point of view; the book offers a unique opportunity for the comparison of physiological function in different environmental stress situations.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1461281563
• ISBN 13: 9781461281566
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 252
• Éditeur: Paganelli Charles V., Farhi Leon E.
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