Space Biology and Medicine

In this first volume in the Space Biology and Medicine series, contributors describe the current status of their understanding of space, highlighting physical and ecological conditions as well as heavenly bodies, and provide general information that will prove useful in the later volumes. The book is divided into four parts: Part I, Historical Perspective; Part II, The Space Environment; Part III, Life in the Universe; and Part IV, Space Exploration. Chapter contributions were made by both U.S. and Russian authors. The book also features an appendix of Astronomical and Physical Quantities, a detailed subject index, and an 8-page color section.

List of contents

v. 1. Space and its exploration / editors, J.D. Rummel, V.A. Kotelnikov, M.V. Ivanov -- v. 3. Humans in spaceflight (bks. 1 & 2).

Product details

• Authors: M.V. Ivanov, V.A. Kotelnikov, Arnauld E Nicogossian, Arnauld E. Nicogossian, Rummel, J.D. Rummel, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia) V Kotelnikov and M Ivanov, Russian Aca V. Kotelnikov and M. Ivanov
• Publisher: Scitech Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1993
• EAN: 9781563470615
• ISBN: 978-1-56347-061-5
• No. of pages: 5
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 288 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 1234 g
• Series: Library of Flight
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Aeronautics & Astronautics, MEDICAL / Infectious Diseases, Medical / Nursing