PHYSICS AND MEDICINE OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE by White, C. S. and O. O. Benson, Jr. (eds) reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

From The Space Library

PHYSICS AND MEDICINE OF THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE

by White, C. S. and O. O. Benson, Jr. (eds)

Albuquerque (New Mexico), 1952: University of New Mexico Press, 611 pages, OP

The first detailed study of the aeropause, the book rapidly became a standard reference of high altitude physics and aviation and space medicine. It contains chapters on almost every aspect of these subjects, prepared by leading authorities on upper atmosphere physics, meteor astronomy, acceleration, weightlessness, physiology, space cabin structures, etc. No comparable work was published until 1960 (see Benson and Strughold entry).

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