Fundamentals of Space Life Sciences (2 volume set) (Orbit Series Book) - Hardcover

Oser, Heinz

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0894640518 ISBN 13: 9780894640513

Publisher: Krieger Pub Co, 1997

Synopsis

Fundamentals of Space Life Sciences, 2 Volume Set is the first comprehensive teaching text to be published in the space life sciences. Designed primarily to support coursework at the advanced undergraduate and graduate levels, this two-volume set is also a state-of-the-art reference text for those desiring a broad overview of the space environment, response of living systems to spaceflight, psychosocial issues of spaceflight, and life support systems. Of particular interest is Section II: Response of Living Systems to Spaceflight. In this section, each chapter is organized to provide both a functional introduction to the physiologic system under consideration and a discussion of how spaceflight affects that system. Unlike previous treatments of the space life sciences, Fundamentals has relied primarily on the academic community engaged in space-related research for its material. As noted by Dr. Heinz Oser, chief life scientist, ESA, in the Foreword, "This book deserves a wide use. I am convinced that it fulfills its intended goal to educate the coming generation appropriately such that it will further life sciences research in space on a well-informed basis."

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Review

... it presents a good survey of the importance of this area in space science, written by competent individuals who have contributed to the progress of the field." -- A. M. Strauss, Vanderbilt University, Choice, September 1997.

Edition details

• Publisher: Krieger Pub Co
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0894640518
• ISBN 13: 9780894640513
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 398
• Editor: Churchill Susanne E.