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Breathing on the Roof of the World : Memoir of a Respiratory Physiologist / / by John B. West
| Breathing on the Roof of the World : Memoir of a Respiratory Physiologist / / by John B. West |
| Autore | West John B |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (VIII, 156 p. 67 illus., 37 illus. in color.) |
| Disciplina | 612.0092241 |
| Collana | Springer Biographies |
| Soggetto topico |
Human physiology
History Sports sciences Respiratory organs—Diseases Space sciences Human Physiology History of Science Sport Science Pneumology/Respiratory System Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) |
| Soggetto genere / forma |
Autobiography
Biography |
| ISBN | 1-4939-7122-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | - Early Days, 1928-1945 -- Adelaide University and Medical Residency, 1946-1953 -- London and Llandough, 1953-1956.-Postgraduate Medical School, 1956-1960 -- Silver Hut Expedition, 1960-1961 -- University of Buffalo and the Postgraduate Medical School, 1961-1967 -- Palo Alto and the NASA Ames Research Center, 1967-1968 -- University of California, San Diego, 1969-1981 -- American Medical Research Expedition to Everest, 1981 -- Studies on astronauts in space -- Other research projects -- Comments on scientific achievements. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253918403321 |
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
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Essays on the History of Respiratory Physiology / / by John B. West
| Essays on the History of Respiratory Physiology / / by John B. West |
| Autore | West John B |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (349 p.) |
| Disciplina |
571.6
576.8 610 612 616.2 616009 |
| Collana | Perspectives in Physiology |
| Soggetto topico |
Medicine—History
Human physiology Cell physiology Respiratory organs—Diseases Evolutionary biology History of Medicine Human Physiology Cell Physiology Pneumology/Respiratory System Evolutionary Biology |
| ISBN | 1-4939-2362-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Galen and the beginnings of Western physiology -- Ibn al-Nafis, the pulmonary circulation, and the Islamic Golden Age -- Torricelli and the ocean of air: the first measurement of barometric pressure -- Robert Boyle’s landmark book of 1660 with the first experiments on rarified air -- The original presentation of Boyle's Law -- Robert Hooke: Early respiratory physiologist, polymath, and mechanical genius -- Marcello Malpighi and the discovery of the pulmonary capillaries and alveoli -- Stephen Hales: neglected respiratory physiologist -- Joseph Black, carbon dioxide, latent heat, and the beginnings of the discovery of the respiratory gases -- Carl Wilhelm Scheele, the discoverer of oxygen, and a very productive chemist -- Joseph Priestley, oxygen, and the Enlightenment -- The collaboration of Antoine and Marie-Anne Lavoisier and the first measurements of human oxygen consumption -- Henry Cavendish, hydrogen, water, and the weight of the earth -- Humphry Davy, nitrous oxide, the Pneumatic Institution, and the Royal Institution -- Denis Jourdanet (1815-1892) and the early recognition of the role of hypoxia at high altitude -- Centenary of the Anglo-American High Altitude Expedition to Pikes Peak -- Alexander M. Kellas and the physiological challenge of Mount Everest -- Ravenhill and his contributions to mountain sickness -- George I. Finch and his pioneering use of oxygen for climbing at extreme altitudes -- Joseph Barcroft's studies of high altitude physiology -- The physiological legacy of the Fenn, Rahn and Otis school -- The physiological challenges of the 1952 Copenhagen poliomyelitis epidemic and a renaissance in clinical respiratory physiology -- Historical aspects of the early Soviet/Russian manned space program. . |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298272703321 |
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West John B
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| New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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