Physiology : an inside view.

An introduction to the subject-matter and methods of physiology, primarily intended for secondary school pupils. Includes interesting material on the physiological study of athletic performance, the role of the muscle spindle in muscular contraction, homeostasis and the reaction of the body to sudden imersion in cold water, and the heartbeat and respiration of migratory birds in flight, as well as on the application of neurophysiology to medicine. Features Sir Roger Bannister (Master, Pembroke College, Oxford).