Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 3731 g
Reihe: Springer Biographies
Memoir of a Respiratory Physiologist
Buch, Englisch, 156 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 3731 g
Reihe: Springer Biographies
ISBN: 978-1-4939-7121-3
Verlag: Springer
In 1960-1961, he was a member of the Himalayan Scientific and Mountaineering Expedition led by Sir Edmund Hillary who had made the first ascent of Mt Everest 7 years before. 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. While there he submitted a proposal to NASA to measure pulmonary function of astronauts in space, and thiswas funded. Later, in 1981 he organized the American Medical Research Expedition to Everest during which the first measurements of human physiology on the summit, altitude 8848 m, were obtained. In the 1990’s, Dr. West’s team made the first comprehensive measurements of pulmonary function of astronauts in space using SpaceLab which was taken up in the Shuttle.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Pneumologie, Atmung, Asthma
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
Weitere Infos & Material
- 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.