Superhero Physiology - Boldt, Kevin
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What is it about a superhero's muscles that endow them with super strength or super speed? When a superhero reads someone's mind, what are they reading? How does a superhero instantly teleport themselves to a new location? How do normal processes of healing differ from super healing? In his book, Kevin Boldt, PhD, describes normal human physiology and uses scientific principles to simply, theoretically, and practically answer these questions and more! Each chapter approaches a different superhero ability, describes the analogue physiology in humans and select animals, and describes reasonable…mehr

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What is it about a superhero's muscles that endow them with super strength or super speed? When a superhero reads someone's mind, what are they reading? How does a superhero instantly teleport themselves to a new location? How do normal processes of healing differ from super healing? In his book, Kevin Boldt, PhD, describes normal human physiology and uses scientific principles to simply, theoretically, and practically answer these questions and more! Each chapter approaches a different superhero ability, describes the analogue physiology in humans and select animals, and describes reasonable theoretical ways human physiology could be adapted or modified to endow an individual with super-human ability.
Autorenporträt
Kevin Boldt, PhD, is a researcher, educator, and exercise physiologist. His research is focused on understanding how the body adapts to exercise and diet, and ways to enhance these adaptations to improve health and/or performance. His research has been well recognized with both national and international accolades, and has been widely published in academic journals. He has also co-authored two textbook chapters. Superhero Physiologyis his first book.