BIOLOGY OF SPACE TRAVEL by Pirie, N. W. (ed) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

BIOLOGY OF SPACE TRAVEL

by Pirie, N. W. (ed)

London, 1961: Institute of Biology, 120 pages, $4.00 (available through Hafner Publishing Co.,

Published as the "Symposia of the Institute of Biology No. 10," the book contains an introduction and the following chapters by different contributors: `Biological Effects of Partial and of Complete Weightlessness," "Maintenance of Life in Space Ships-Thermal Environment," "Maintenance of Life in Space Ships--Synthesis, Recycling and the Step Towards a Microcosm," "Maintenance of Life in Space Ships—the Food Problem," "Radiation in Space and its Effects on Man," "Psychological Problems of Solitude and Confinement," "The Problems of Astronaut Selection," "The Human Brain in Space Time," "Dangers of Contamination of Planets and the Earth," and "The Probable Environment on Other Planets and its Suitability for Some Forms of Life."

Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III