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Grappling with gravity : how will life adapt to living in space? / Robert W. Phillips.
Springer Nature - Springer Physics and Astronomy eBooks 2012 English International Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Phillips, Robert W.
- Series:
- Astronomers' universe.
- Astronomers' universe, 1614-659X
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gravity--Physiological effect.
- Gravity.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (274 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2012.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Springer, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Grappling with Gravity explores the physiological changes that will occur in humans and the plants and animals that accompany humans as we move to new worlds, whether it be to a colony in the emptiness of space or settlements on the moon, Mars, or other moons or planets. This book focuses on the biomedical aspects, while not ignoring other life-changing influences of space living. For example, what happens to people physiologically in the microgravity of space, where weight and the direction "up" are meaningless? Adapting to microgravity represents the greatest physical challenge that human life will have encountered since our ancestors moved from the seas to solid Earth. It will be the next great adventure!
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Space here we come
- pt. 2. Life in space
- pt. 3. Preparing for the future.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-35119-6
- 9786613351197
- 1-4419-6899-7
- OCLC:
- 757942207
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