Fundamentals of Space Biology

Research on Cells, Animals, and Plants in Space

Gilles Clément, K. Slenzka (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

376 Seiten

2006
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-0-387-33113-3 (ISBN)

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Fundamentals of Space Biology is the third textbook addressing Space Life Sciences in this Space Technology Library series. The first of these books focused on the psychological and psychiatric issues that affect people who live and work in space (Volume 16, Space Psychology and Psychiatry). The second book described the physiological and medical issues of living in a space environment (Volume 17, Fundamentals of Space Medicine). The objective of this third book was to review the effects of spaceflight on less complex biological systems, from single cells to animals and plants. Indeed, to better understand the changes at the function level, it is necessary to comprehend the changes at cellular and tissue levels. Studies of cell cultures, for example, allow the investigation of the indirect effects of gravity; i.e., those which occur not because of changes in the stimulation of dedicated gravity-sensing organs, but because of the new physical properties resulting from the reduction in gravitational force within the cell.

to Space Biology.- Animals and Plants in Space.- Facilities for Gravitational Biology.- Cell Biology.- Animal Development in Microgravity.- Plant Development in Microgravity.- Radiation Biology.- Biotechnology in Space.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.7.2006
Reihe/Serie	Space Technology Library ; 18
Zusatzinfo	4 Illustrations, color; 100 Illustrations, black and white; XX, 376 p. 104 illus., 4 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
	Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik
ISBN-10	0-387-33113-1 / 0387331131
ISBN-13	978-0-387-33113-3 / 9780387331133
Zustand	Neuware