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.

This is a user-friendly monograph designed for medical students as well as graduate students and postdoctoral trainees in medicine and other health-related scie

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