This book offers an overview of neuroscience research performed in space since the observations made during the first manned space flights to the detailed scientific investigations currently being carried out onboard the International Space Station. This book is for the general scientific reader. Each project and the reason why it was done is described with illustrations, rationale and hypothesis, and a summary of results. Also, reference lists guide readers to the published papers from experiments. This book is a legacy of what we have learned on brain mechanisms and functions through research done in space, and a guide for what could be investigated in the future.

Neuroscience in Space

Science & Math

Clément, Gilles

Reschke, Millard F.

Astronomy & Space Science

Springer

Celebrated landscape architect Gilles Clément may be best known for his public parks in Paris, including the Parc André Citroën and the garden of the Musée du Quai Branly, but he describes himself as a gardener. To care for and cultivate a plot of land, a capable gardener must observe in order to act and work with, rather than against, the natural ecosystem of the garden. In this sense, he suggests, we should think of the entire planet as a garden, and ourselves as its keepers, responsible for the care of its complexity and diversity of life.
"The Planetary Garden" is an environmental manifesto that outlines Clément's interpretation of the laws that govern the natural world and the principles that should guide our stewardship of the global garden of Earth. These are among the tenets of a humanist ecology, which posits that the natural world and humankind cannot be understood as separate from one another. This philosophy forms a thread that is woven through the accompanying essays of this volume: "Life, Constantly Inventive: Reflections of a Humanist Ecologist" and "The Wisdom of the Gardener." Brought together and translated into English for the first time, these three texts make a powerful statement about the nature of the world and humanity's place within it.

"The Planetary Garden" and Other Writings (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)

Nature & Ecology

University of Pennsylvania Press

A total of more than 240 human space flights have been completed to date, involving about 450 astronauts from various countries, for a combined total presence in space of more than 70 years. The seventh long-duration expedition crew is currently in residence aboard the International Space Station, continuing a permanent presence in space that began in October 2000. During that time, investigations have been conducted on both humans and animal models to study the bone demineralization and muscle deconditioning, space motion sickness, the causes and possible treatment of postflight orthostatic intolerance, the changes in immune function, crew and crew-ground interactions, and the medical issues of living in a space environment, such as the effects of radiation or the risk of developing kidney stones. Some results of these investigations have led to fundamental discoveries about the adaptation of the human body to the space environment. Gilles Clément has been active in this research. This readable text presents the findings from the life science experiments conducted during and after space missions. Topics discussed in this book include: adaptation of sensory-motor, cardio-vascular, bone, and muscle systems to the microgravity of spaceflight; psychological and sociological issues of living in a confined, isolated, and stressful environment; operational space medicine, such as crew selection, training and in-flight health monitoring, countermeasures and support; results of space biology experiments on individual cells, plants, and animal models; and the impact of long-duration missions such as the human mission to Mars. The author also provides a detailed description of how to fly a space experiment, based on his own experience with research projects conducted onboard Salyut-7, Mir, Spacelab, and the Space Shuttle. Now is the time to look at the future of human spaceflight and what comes next. The future human

Fundamentals of Space Medicine (Space Technology Library, 17)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Fundamentals of Space Medicine (Space Technology Library, 23)

This book details the findings from life science experiments conducted during and after space missions. It looks at the future of human space flight and what comes next, especially in the areas of planetary exploration and space tourism.

Le Jardin planétaire: Réconcilier l'homme et la nature

Reference

Foreign Language Study & Reference

ALBIN MICHEL

Dessiner le jardin planétaire ? Projet fou, démesuré, aux limites du possible. Telle est pourtant l'entreprise à laquelle Thomas, le peintre retiré dans sa propriété close de Saint-Sauveur et son ami le Voyageur ont décidé de s'atteler. Parcourant les terres australes, des Andes chiliennes à l'Australie, le Voyageur envoie à Thomas des données que celui-ci interprète. Observations des plantes, animaux, reliefs, horizons, ciels nourrissent leur relation épistolaire poétique et savante. Peu à peu se dessine une nouvelle vision, dans le surprenant chatoiement de leur évolution, de la nature et du monde dont l'homme ne serait plus le centre, mais le scribe et le gardien. Avec ce récit lumineux et sensible, Gilles Clément, paysagiste de renommée internationale, initiateur de la notion de jardin en mouvement réhabilitant la friche comme laboratoire et lieu de liberté, nous propose à la fois un traité de géographie vagabonde, une forme inédite de pédagogie encyclopédique et le roman à énigme d'une vérité sans cesse différée. L'un de ces livres rares et précieux qui surprennent par la magie de leur style et l'inattendu de leurs considérations.

Thomas et le Voyageur: Esquisse du jardin planétaire (French Edition)

Writing, Research & Publishing Guides

Notre-Dame-des-Plantes

BAYARD ADULTE

Un grand jardin

Grave, Vincent

Children's Books

CAMBOURAKIS

Où en est l'herbe ?: Réflexions sur le Jardin planétaire

Jones, Louisa

Actes-sud

Écrits sur la nature

SAND, GEORGE

Scheyder, Patrick

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