Surviving the Extremes

Surviving the Extremes
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 346
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ISBN-10 : 0312280777
ISBN-13 : 9780312280772
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Book Synopsis Surviving the Extremes by : Kenneth Kamler

Download or read book Surviving the Extremes written by Kenneth Kamler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-01-20 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A physician, NASA consultant, and expert on the extreme conditions that confront the human body journeys into six inhospitable environments to examine the reaction of the body to heat, cold, pressure, starvation, and exhaustion and its own innate survival strategies.


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