The Human Body and Weightlessness [E-Book] : Operational Effects, Problems and Countermeasures / by William Thornton, Frederick Bonato.
This book focuses on all of the major problems associated with the absence of body weight in space, by analyzing effects, adaption, and re-adaptation upon returning to Earth, using sound scientific principles embedded in a historical context. Serious problems for space travelers range from Space Mot...
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Personal Name(s): | Thornton, William, author |
Bonato, Frederick, author | |
Edition: |
1st ed. 2017. |
Imprint: |
Cham :
Springer,
2017
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Physical Description: |
XIX, 320 pages 181 illustrations, 142 illustrations in color (online resource) |
Note: |
englisch |
ISBN: |
9783319328294 |
DOI: |
10.1007/978-3-319-32829-4 |
Subject (LOC): |
- 1. An Introduction to Weightlessness and Its Effects on Humans
- 2. Basic Mechanisms
- 3. Space Motion Sickness and Vestibular Adaptation to Weightlessness
- 4. Fluid Shifts and Loss
- 5. Cephalic Fluid Dynamics and Ocular Changes in Weightlessness
- 6. Loss of Muscle and Bone During Spaceflight
- 7. Countermeasures to Loss of Muscle and Bone During Spaceflight
- 8. Loss of Aerobic Capacity During Weightlessness
- 9. Neuromuscular Inhibition
- 10. Loss of Body Mass During Weightlessness
- 11. Accommodations to Weightlessness.