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NATURAL 
HISTORY 
American Museum of Natural History 
Robert G. Goelet, President 
Thomas D. Nicholson, Director 
Vol. 90, No. JO, October 1981 
2 Authors 
8 This View of Life Stephen Jay Gould 
A Visit to Dayton 
The Science — and Art — of Keeping Warm 
How do people, plants, and animals survive cold weather? Beginning 
on page 24, this special issue of Natural History explores the 
diverse ways of sustaining life at low temperatures. 
32 Thermal Necessity Lisa Heschong 
38 Hearth and Home in the Old Stone Age Catherine Perles 
42 Eskimos Are Warm People Text and photographs by Fred Bruemmer 
50 Enduring Cold the Japanese Way Amanda Mayer Stinchecum 
58 Shivering Finches Cynthia Carey and Richard L. Marsh 
64 A Bear in Its Lair Lynn Rogers 
75 Flowers That Make Heat While the Sun Shines Roger M. Knutson 
82 Plants in High Places William Dwight Billings 
90 Clothing for Cold Climes John V.E. Hansen 
98 Come, Gather Round the Chimney Jane C. Nylander 
1 04 House Warming Edwin Kessler 
110 Indoor Air Pollution Colin High 
118 Books in Review J. Max Bond. Jr. 
Transparent Solutions 
122 Additional Reading 
126 Celestial Events Thomas D. Nicholson 
128 At the American Museum 
The Margaret Mead Film Festival 
135 A Matter of Taste Raymond Sokolov 
Sunbelt Cuisine 
Cover: The Eskimos in this camp at Bathurst Inlet are culturally adapted to the 
cold and inclement weather of the central Canadian Arctic. Photograph by Fred 
Bruemmer. Story on page 42. 
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