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- catalog abstract ""What drives us to eat and accounts for different appetites? Why is breathing at high altitudes easy for birds and difficult for humans? Why do animals have two sets of sensory organs--eyes, ears, nostrils, etc ...?" "In Why Geese Don't Get Obese, physiologist Eric Widmaier describes the astonishing ways humans and other creatures have adapted to their environmental challenges in order to survive. Surprising exampies, a sense of humor, and some insightful science make this book a delightful and lively read. Book jacket."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b10738527.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""What drives us to eat and accounts for different appetites? Why is breathing at high altitudes easy for birds and difficult for humans? Why do animals have two sets of sensory organs--eyes, ears, nostrils, etc ...?" "In Why Geese Don't Get Obese, physiologist Eric Widmaier describes the astonishing ways humans and other creatures have adapted to their environmental challenges in order to survive. Surprising exampies, a sense of humor, and some insightful science make this book a delightful and lively read. Book jacket."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "ix, 213 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0716731479".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : W. H. Freeman,".
- catalog subject "571.1 21".
- catalog subject "Physiology, Comparative Popular works.".
- catalog subject "QP33 .W53 1998".
- catalog title "Why geese don't get obese (and we do) : how evolution's strategies for survival affect our everyday lives / Eric P. Widmaier.".
- catalog type "Popular works. fast".
- catalog type "text".