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$IFundamentals of Space Life Sciences$I 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, $IFundamentals$I 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, $I"This book deserves a wide use. I am convinced that it fulfills its intended goal to educate the
coming generation appropriately such that it will further life sciences research in space on a well-informed basis."$I |
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$I"...it presents a good survey of the importance of this area in space science, written by competent individuals who have contributed to the progress of the field."$I -- A. M. Strauss,
Vanderbilt University, $IChoice$I, September 1997. |
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