Space and Its Exploration
American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 31. December 1993
Book
Hardback
5 pages
978-1-56347-061-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this first volume in the Space Biology and Medicine series, contributors describe the current status of their understanding of space, highlighting physical and ecological conditions as well as heavenly bodies, and provide general information that will prove useful in the later volumes. The book is divided into four parts: Part I, Historical Perspective; Part II, The Space Environment; Part III, Life in the Universe; and Part IV, Space Exploration. Chapter contributions were made by both U.S. and Russian authors. The book also features an appendix of Astronomical and Physical Quantities, a detailed subject index, and an 8-page color section.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Reston
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 288 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1234 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56347-061-5 (9781563470615)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
v. 1. Space and its exploration / editors, J.D. Rummel, V.A. Kotelnikov, M.V. Ivanov -- v. 3. Humans in spaceflight (bks. 1 & 2).