Hubert Planel

Space and Life (eBook, ePUB)

An Introduction to Space Biology and Medicine

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Since our first manned space flights, we have learned much about how the human body adapts to the space environment and, in particular, to the absence of gravity. This book explains the how and why behind the puffy faces, nausea, and bone calcium loss so common to astronauts who experience zero gravity. It offers not only a survey of the main results of space research but also the basic concepts in human physiology necessary to better understand the effects of both long-term and short-term absence of gravity on the human body. Topics also include cosmic rays, cells, plants, embryonic development, and the origins of life on Earth from a space research standpoint.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134370337
• Artikelnr.: 72246108

Autorenporträt

Hubert Planel

Inhaltsangabe

Manned and Unmanned Missions. Manned Space Flights. An Extreme Environment.
Gravity and Weightlessness. Physiological and Biological Effects of
Weightlessness in Humans and Animals: The Cardiovascular Sysytem. The
Skeletal System and Weightlessness. The Muscular System. The Vestibular
Apparatus and Balance System. The Other Effects of Gravity and
Weightlessness. Space Cell Biology. The Effects of Gravity and
Weightlessness on Plants. Developmental Biology. Cosmic Radiation.
Extraterrestrial Life.