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Space and life : an introduction to space biology and medicine /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Planel, Hubert
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2004]
Subjects:
Aerospace Medicine.
Weightlessness.
Table of Contents:
  • Manned and unmanned missions
  • Manned space flights
  • Space : an extreme environment
  • Gravity and weightlessness
  • Physiological and biological effects of weightlessness in humans and animals. The cardiovascular system
  • The skeletal system and weightlessness
  • The muscular system
  • The vestibular apparatus and balance system
  • The other effects of weightlessness
  • Space cell biology
  • The effects of gravity and weightlessness on plants
  • Development biology
  • Cosmic radiation
  • Extraterrestrial life