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Breathing on the Roof of the World

Memoir of a Respiratory Physiologist - Previously published in hardcover
BuchKartoniert, Paperback
156 Seiten
Englisch
Springererschienen am28.07.2018Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
During the expedition about 6 scientists spent up to three months at an altitude of 5800 m studying the effects of this very high altitude on human physiology. Because of his interests in the effects of gravity on the lung, Dr. West spent a year at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California in 1967-1968.mehr
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KlappentextDuring the expedition about 6 scientists spent up to three months at an altitude of 5800 m studying the effects of this very high altitude on human physiology. Because of his interests in the effects of gravity on the lung, Dr. West spent a year at the NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California in 1967-1968.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-4939-8391-9
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
Verlag
Erscheinungsjahr2018
Erscheinungsdatum28.07.2018
AuflageSoftcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ReiheSpringer Biographies
Seiten156 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
Gewicht260 g
IllustrationenVIII, 156 p. 67 illus., 37 illus. in color.
Artikel-Nr.48470089
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GenreMedizin

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 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.mehr

Autor

Dr. West's research interests are broad with an emphasis on the physiology of pulmonary gas exchange. He has also worked on the bird lung, pulmonary bleeding in racehorses, and the effects of snorkeling in elephants. His honors include membership of the National Academy of Medicine and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he has received honorary doctorates from universities in Athens, Barcelona and Ferrara.