Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body

Synopsis of Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body

«Extremes: Life, Death and the Limits of the Human Body» is Kevin Fong's popular science essay, published by Hodder & Stoughton in paperback.

Kevin Fong, an anesthesiologist and intensive care expert, explains how the human body responds to extreme conditions (heat, cold, vacuum, altitude, age, disease) and how pioneering medicine has made survivable what was once lethal, with a reflection on the fragility and resilience of life.

Text in English, 341 pages. Published in March 2013. Includes bibliography and index.

For readers interested in popular science, medicine and human physiology.