Pulling G : human responses to high and low gravity / / Erik Seedhouse

• Autore: Seedhouse Erik
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Springer, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2013.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (229 p.)
• Disciplina: 531.14; 612/.014532
• Soggetto topico: Gravity - Physiological effect
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of abbreviations and acronyms -- Chapter 1: Project MX981 -- Chapter 2: To black out or not to black out -- Chapter 3: The wobblies -- Chapter 4: The G machine -- Chapter 5: Formula One -- Chapter 6: Punching out -- Chapter 7: Launch and re-entry -- Chapter 8: Microgravity -- Chapter 9: Artificial gravity -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: Formula 1 racing drivers, fighter pilots, astronauts - G forces are an integral part of their lives - How do racing drivers sustain high G loads and not pass out? - What accelerative forces are unleashed when a fighter pilot ejects from a high-performance jet? - What is it like being launched into space and what are the effects on astronauts living in zero G on board the International Space Station? - How do aircraft simulate zero G? Pulling G gives a unique insight into how G forces affect people working in the high and low G environments. It examines the risks of high and low acceleration and explains the physiology of surviving in these environments. The history of G-related research is described, together with present-day and future development of methods to cope with the effects of increased and reduced G.
• Titolo autorizzato: Pulling G
• ISBN: 9781283907903; 1283907909; 9781461430308; 1461430305
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910438124303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Popular Science, . 2626-6113