Overview
- Editors:
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David Moore
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Peter Bie
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Institute of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Heinz Oser
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European Space Agency, Paris Cédex 15, France
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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- David Moore, Augusto Cogoli
Pages 1-106
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- Helmut C. Hinghofer-Szalkay
Pages 107-153
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- P. Bie, M. H. Bestle, L. B. Johansen
Pages 154-177
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- G. Clément, M. F. Reschke
Pages 178-258
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- Jack J. W. A. van Loon, J. Paul Veldhuijzen, Elizabeth H. Burger
Pages 259-299
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- Jürgen Kiefer, Karin Schenk-Meuser, Michael Kost
Pages 300-367
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- Brian Fitton, David Moore
Pages 432-541
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Back Matter
Pages 542-569
About this book
Life Science studies in space were initially driven by the need to explore how man could survive spaceflight conditions; the effects of being launched un der high accelerations, exposed to weightlessness and radiation for different periods of time, and returned to Earth in safety. In order to substantiate the detailed knowledge of potentially adverse effects, many model experiments were launched using organisms which ranged from bacteria, plants, inverte brates, rodents and primates through to man. Although no immediate life threatening effects were found, these experiments can be considered today as the precursors to life science research in space. Many unexplained effects on these life forms were attributed to the condition of weightlessness. Most of them were poorly recorded, poorly published, or left simply with anecdotal information. Only with the advent of Skylab, and later Spacelab, did the idea emerge, and indeed the infrastructure permit, weightlessness to be considered as an ex tended tool for research into some fundamental mechanisms or processes as sociated with the effect of gravity on organisms at all levels. The initial hy pothesis to extrapolate from hypergravity through 1 x g to near 0 x g effects could no longer be retained, since many of the experiment results were seen to contradict the models or theories in the current textbooks of biology and physiology. The past decade has been dedicated primarily to exploratory research.
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"...the book is well supplied in valuable information for all those who are interetsed or involved in space medicine and biology and it is to be highly recommended." Radiation and Environmental Physics
Editors and Affiliations
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
David Moore
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Institute of Medical Physiology, Panum Institute, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Peter Bie
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European Space Agency, Paris Cédex 15, France
Heinz Oser
