Human Temperature Control: A Quantitative Approach

The principal objective of this book is to provide the information needed in order to define human thermal behavior quantitatively. For the first time, human thermal physiology is defined using mathematical methods that are routinely employed by physicists and engineers. Major sections of the book are devoted to blood flow, sweating, shivering, and heat transfer within the body, and simple algebraic models based on experimental data from a century of physiological investigation are developed for these bodily processes. The book offers an invaluable source of information for physiologists interested in quantitative approaches to the fascinating field of human thermoregulation.