Life Sciences and Space Research
Proceedings of the Open Meeting of the Working Group on Space Biology of the Twenty-Second Plenary Meeting of COSPAR, Bangalore, India, 29 May - 9 June 1979
- 1st Edition - January 1, 1980
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Editor: R. Holmquist
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 1 6 6 1 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 4 9 0 3 - 5
Life Sciences and Space Research, Volume XVIII is a collection of articles on space biology. The book describes the presence of organic molecules found in interstellar space,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteLife Sciences and Space Research, Volume XVIII is a collection of articles on space biology. The book describes the presence of organic molecules found in interstellar space, comets, and meteorites. The text also addresses the role of comets in giving rise to new studies in cometary chemistry, as the source of plasma, or as supplying the mechanism for the formation of amino acids, glycine, and guanine. One paper addresses the possibility of life on the planet Mars touching on chemical reactions of nutrient compound decay and other physio-chemical changes. The book also notes the contribution of cometary volatiles to the study of the primitive earth plus the possible role of metal ions and clays in prebiotic chemistry. Other papers discuss radiation biology concerning both radiobiological results from experiments done in spaceflight and ground laboratories such as the degeneration of rabbit tissues after heavy irradiation. The book then evaluates gravitational biology, including topics such as physiological reactions during acute adaptation to reduced gravity; land plant evolution and gravity; and the development of Polyporus brumalis basidomycete, a kind of fungi, in conditions of weightlessness. Molecular biologists, space engineers, biologists, meteorologists, and genetic engineers will find this book highly valuable.
Preface
Organic Molecules in Space
Origin and Chemistry of Comets
Organic Compounds in Meteorites
Chemical Reactivities of some Interstellar Molecules
A Mechanism for the Formation of Glycine, Adenine and Guanine in Interstellar Space
Planetary Research
On the Possibility of Life on Mars
Description of an Apparatus for Studying Micro-Organisms in the Upper Atmosphere
Further Studies on the Environmental Capabilities of Fungi: Interactions of Salinity, Ultraviolet Irradiation, and Temperature in Pénicillium
Early Biological Evolution
The Contribution of Cometary Volatiles to the Primitive Earth
The Possible Role of Metal Ions and Clays in Prebiotic Chemistry
The Influence of Life on the Evolution of the Atmosphere
Early Photosynthetic Microorganisms and Environmental Evolution
Lipids as a Principle for the Identification of Archaebacteria
Radiation Biology
Recent Radiobiological Findings from Spaceflight and Ground-Based Studies - An Overview
Late Degeneration in Rabbit Tissues after Irradiation by Heavy Ions
Predicted LET-Spectra of HZE-Particles for the Free Flyer Biostack Experiment on the Long Duration Exposure Facility Mission
A Sclerocorneal Electrode for the Study of the Characteristics of Primate Vission Under Condition of Space Flight
Genetic Effects of Space Hadrons on Bacteriophage Under Alpine Conditions
Gravitational Biology
Primates
Physiological Aspects of Automatic Physical Training Control by Biofeedback in Weightlessness
Physiological Reactions During Acute Adaptation to Reduced Gravity
Etude Préliminaire de L'Equilibre Vestibulaire Chez le Primate dans les Conditions de Vol Spatial
Insects
Variations in the Recombination Rate of Drosophila Melanogaster Induced by Balloon Flight
Higher Plants
Gravity and Land Plant Evolution: Experimental Induction of Lignification by Simulated Hypergravity and Water Stress
Green Algae
Biological Studies of Chlorella pyrenoidosa (Strain LARG-1) Cultures Grown Under Space Flight Conditions
Fungi
Development of Higher Fungi under Weightlessness
Bacteria
Growth and Cell Structure of Proteus Vulgaris when Cultivated in Weightlessness in the Cytos Apparatus
Author Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: January 1, 1980
- No. of pages (eBook): 230
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9781483116617
- eBook ISBN: 9781483149035
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