The effects of hypergravity and microgravity on biomedical experiments [electronic resource] / Thais Russomano, Gustavo Dalmarco, and Felipe Prehn Falcão.

Take one elephant and one man to the top of a tower and simultaneously drop. Which will hit the ground first? You are a pilot of a jet fighter performing a high-speed loop. Will you pass out during the maneuver? How can you simulate being an astronaut with your feet still firmly placed on planet Ear...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Morgan & Claypool)
Main Author:	Russomano, Thais
Other Authors:	Dalmarco, Gustavo, Falcão, Felipe Prehn
Other title:	Synthesis digital library of engineering and computer science.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	San Rafael, Calif. (1537 Fourth St, San Rafael, CA 94901 USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, ©2008.
Series:	Synthesis lectures on biomedical engineering (Online) ; # 18.
Subjects:	Gravity > Physiological effect. Space biology. Microgravity. Weightlessness. Hypergravity. Clinostats. Ground-based simulations. Space physiology. Centrifuge.