Planel Space and Life

An Introduction to Space Biology and Medicine
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
ISBN: 978-0-203-60210-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 192 Seiten

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. Today, space research provides a better understanding of our physiological response mechanisms to microgravity.

Space and Life: An Introduction to Space Biology and Medicine describes the results of space research in the context of core concepts in human physiology to depict the effects of both long-term and short-term absence of gravity on the human body. The book explains the scientific basis for the physiological reactions so common to astronauts who experience zero gravity, such as bone calcium loss, puffy faces, and nausea. It includes discussions of cosmic rays, cells, plants, embryonic development, and the origins of life on Earth from a space research standpoint.

Updating the current knowledge about how the human body adapts to the space environment and the absence of gravity, this book is ideal for space research scientists, physiologists, NASA employees, and students involved in space study.

Zielgruppe

Space research scientists, physiologists, graduate and undergraduate students involved in space study, NASA employees, and scientists working in gravitational biology

Autoren/Hrsg.

Planel, Hubert

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Umweltmedizin, Arbeitsmedizin, Tropenmedizin, Sportmedizin Arbeitsmedizin

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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