PHYSICS AND MEDICINE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE by Benson, O. O., Jr. and H. Strughold (eds) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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PHYSICS AND MEDICINE OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND SPACE

by Benson, O. O., Jr. and H. Strughold (eds)

New York, 1960: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 645 pages, $12.50

This significant work is the proceedings of a US Air Force School of Aviation Medicine symposium, covering effects of extreme altitude and interplanetary flight on man and vehicles. It can be considered an up-to-date version of the pioneering .work "Physics and Medicine of the Upper Atmosphere," which appeared in 1952. Typical of the 42 chapters by authorities from all over the world are: "On the Radiation Hazards of Space Flight," "Meteoritic Material in Space," "Effects of Interplanetary Dust and Radiation Environment on Space Vehicles," "The Gravitational Environment in Space," "Solar Influences on the Extra-Atmospheric Radiation Field and Their Radiobiological Implications," "A Survey of Possible Propulsion Systems," "The Timing of Satellite and Space Probe Launchings," "The Rocket-Boosted Glider as a Space Vehicle," "Manned Orbital and Lunar Space Vehicles," "Medical Experimentation in a Sealed Cabin Simulator," "Biological Aspects of Nuclear Propulsion," "Human Tolerance to Accelerations of Space Flight," "Time Dilation and the Astronaut," "Rescue from Space by a Secondary Vehicle," "The Physics of the Sun," "The Environments of the Moon and the Planets," "The Physical Environment on Mars," and "Survival of Terrestrial Microorganisms under Simulated Martian Conditions."


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