Description: One of the Mother Nature Network's ten “must-read environmental books” of the year, Losing Our Coolis the first book to examine how indoor climate control is helping send our outdoor climate reeling out of control. With summers growing hotter and energy demand heavier, Stan Cox shows how air-conditioning transforms human experience in surprising ways, by altering our bodies' sensitivity to heat; our rates of infection, allergy, asthma, and obesity; and even our sex lives. It has also enabled an irrational commuter economy, triggered a migration toward the American South and West, and created the kind of workplace in which employers wear sweaters in July. But, as Cox shows us, by combining traditional cooling methods with newer technologies, we can make ourselves comfortable and keep the planet comfortable as well.
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Book Title: Losing Our Cool : Uncomfortable Truths about Our Air-Conditioned World (and Finding New Ways to Get Through the Summer)
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: New Press, T.H.E.
Publication Year: 2012
Item Height: 0.7 in
Topic: Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Construction / Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning, Global Warming & Climate Change, Chemistry / Organic
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Science
Item Weight: 10.5 Oz
Item Length: 8 in
Author: Stan Cox
Item Width: 5.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
