Why Geese Don't Get Obese (and We Do)
How Evolution's Strategies for Survival Affect Our Everday Lives
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1998
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7167-3147-4 (ISBN)
W.H.Freeman & Co Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7167-3147-4 (ISBN)
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If we had the metabolism of a shrew we could, and would have to, eat 250,000 calories a day. In this text the author offers a physiologist's view of the features and abilities humans and other creatures have evolved to meet the seemingly impossible challenges of survival.
Imagine being able to consume 250,000 calories (50 Christmas dinners) daily without gaining weight! If we had the metabolism of a shrew we could, and we would have to. In this text the author offers a physiologist's view of the features and abilities humans and other creatures have evolved to meet the seemingly impossible challenges of survival.
Imagine being able to consume 250,000 calories (50 Christmas dinners) daily without gaining weight! If we had the metabolism of a shrew we could, and we would have to. In this text the author offers a physiologist's view of the features and abilities humans and other creatures have evolved to meet the seemingly impossible challenges of survival.
Different species, same problems; 1,000 cheeseburgers for lunch, or getting enough to eat; getting enough to eat!; water, water everywhere; the breath of life; getting it from here to there - circulation; keeping cool - bat wings and elephant ears; sensing is believing; stone age stress and coping with change.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.7.1998 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 16 illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 161 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 470 g |
| Themenwelt | Studium ► 1. Studienabschnitt (Vorklinik) ► Biochemie / Molekularbiologie |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7167-3147-9 / 0716731479 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7167-3147-4 / 9780716731474 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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