Frances Ashcroft
Autor von Life at the Extremes: The Science of Survival
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Frances Ashcroft is an award-winning scientist, a professor of physiology at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of both Trinity College, Oxford, and the Royal Society. The author of the international bestseller Life at the Extremes, she lives in Oxford.
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- Geburtstag
- 1952-02-15
- Geschlecht
- female
- Nationalität
- UK
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- University of Cambridge
Talbot Heath School - Berufe
- geneticist
physiologist - Organisationen
- Oxford Centre for Gene Function (director)
Trinity College (Fellow)
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- Walter B. Cannon Award (2007)
L'oreal-UNESCO Award for Women in Science (2012)
Fellow of the Royal Society (1999)
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However, these digits and stories of history's firsts don't constitute the bulk of the book, or at least the most interesting and practical part of it. IMHO readers benefit most from detailed explanation of how your body (and those of some other living creatures) reacts to exposure to most extreme conditions at different levels. It is extremely curious and enlightening. A lot of these facts (especially regarding helping the injured) run against the grain of conventional wisdom.… (mehr)