Foundations of Space Biology and Medicine

Foundations of Space Biology and Medicine is a collective scientific work which reviews the most important problems, achievements, and prospects for the development of space biology and medicine. Its purpose is to make available summarized and systematized data on the most important problems of space biology and medicine. The work was developed by a Joint Editorial Board established by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R.Contents of Volume I:IntroductionPhysical Properties of Space and Their Biological SignificanceTheories of the Origin and Nature of the UniversePhysical Characteristics of Interplanetary SpacePlanets and Satellites of the Solar System from Physical and Ecological Points of ViewThe Moon and Its NatureEarth-Type Planets (Mercury, Venus, and Mars)Planets and Satellites of the Outer Solar System, Asteroids, and CometsProblems of ExobiologyBiological Effects of Extreme Environmental ConditionsTheoretical and Experimental Prerequisites of ExobiologySearch for and Investigation of Extraterrestrial Forms of LifePlanetary Quarantine: Principles, Methods, and ProblemsAuthors' AddressesIndex